Re:FreePN: Open-source peer-to-peer VPN service
by ian-bateman on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:32PM
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Thanks! Yeah it's definitely been a challenge, but I think it's worth the effort to try to make sure we're keeping incentives properly aligned and really get things right before we try to scale up!
> I think monetizing a privacy product without having the user pay is extremely hard. There will need to be an extremely high amount of transparency everywhere.
I would agree with this wholeheartedly -- we're still very early stages, but trying to keep things as open as possible in terms of our tech & intentions with everything.
> but also receive a lot of public funding.
Curious what sources you receive public funding from?
Re:FreePN: Open-source peer-to-peer VPN service
by dhaavi on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @05:11PM
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> Curious what sources you receive public funding from?
We list everything in detail here: https://safing.io/ownership/#influences
We at https://safing.io/ are also self-funded, but also receive a lot of public funding. Interestingly our visions are very similar, but our technical views seem to differ a lot.
I think monetizing a privacy product without having the user pay is extremely hard. There will need to be an extremely high amount of transparency everywhere.