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Re:Builders Ditch Nest After Google Ties Devices to Digital ... by xg15 on Saturday October 19, 2019 @05:43AM (#21297654)
Out of curiousity, what benefits does Tor bring here? Wouldn't a domain + VPN (or simply HTTPS + password protection) + a restrictive firewall work as well?
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Re:Builders Ditch Nest After Google Ties Devices to Digital ... by tgragnato on Saturday October 19, 2019 @07:27AM (#21297942)
I use a VPN when the router have a public ip (static or dynamic). Behind CGN there are not many alternatives to onion services.
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Re:Builders Ditch Nest After Google Ties Devices to Digital ... by fsh on Saturday October 19, 2019 @08:14AM (#21298079)
Running a VPN on a cheap VPS is a much better alternative.
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Re:Builders Ditch Nest After Google Ties Devices to Digital ... by xg15 on Saturday October 19, 2019 @09:14AM (#21298298)
Ah, didn't realize you could use Tor as a poor man's TURN server. That makes sense.

... thinking about it, has anyone tried to actually use Tor to provide TURN/signalling functionality for WebRTC? Seems to me you could get true peer-to-peer WebRTC calls relatively easily this way.

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