No, because you are running tailscale software ON a PC, at administrative level, which gives it total access to your PC and to the network that PC is on. It can pull logs for your browsing and everything else, it has all control.
If I run an OpenVPN server on a router connected to the Internet - I just need to know it's public IP which I can get from a free dns provider, and then when I access it via the community vpn client - well I have all the code used in both the server and the client. None of that code is calling home to mama. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Barry Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 11:34 AM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Thanks! Re: Ziply fiber - fixed IP address? On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM Ted Mittelstaedt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I used a free dynamic DNS provider for my customers who were not > running their own mailserver and too small to want to spend the money > on a static IP, and then they could just use the community openvpn > client to remote into their network, instead of crapping up their > computers with additional spyware from companies like tailscale that > monitors where they go on the web (that's how tailscale, and gmail and > the rest of that crowd pay for their servers) > > There's always an angle for the commercial providers who are offering "free" > Always. > > Ted > > If you are using Tailscale then you are only going to places inside your own private network. There is no idea of going outside that network so there would be nothing for them to monitor or "spy" on. They in fact do charge if you have a large enough network or want commercial support. I think you are confusing them with some type of other VPN provider. BIll
