Doesn’t P2P leak your IP to other peers?
Not just that, it will also have your IP on many of the website that other users visited through you…
Oh wow, that is not good
Why doesn’t their website explain how it works, aaaargh. It pretty much just says “like tor but like a vpn”
their github says this:
The FreePN network daemon (fpnd) is a P2P implementation of a distributed virtual private network (dVPN) that creates an anonymous “cloud” of peers where each peer is both a client node and an exit node. Peers are randomly connected on startup and reconnected to new (random) peers as needed.
oof that’s dangerous
“Save $5/mo and get accused of pedophilia” could be their slogan.
I’ve always thought we need anonyimity at the router level (like an anonymous DHT mesh), but I know that’d probably be impossible to have reasonable speeds with something like that…
No that exists, you just have a virtual router, like with Tor and i2p. You can run that on a raspberry pi with its own wifi and have an anonymous router.
I’m aware that exists at a higher level, but I meant at the literal routing level (level 3 on OSI if I remember it right). Then everything is anonymized by default, not just things you proxy over Tor/I2P/etc. Anonymity should be the default, not the exception.
A free & anonymous meshnet is just a pipedream of mine more than anything. Albeit I know there are versions of this idea, but they often exists within a tiny 1-5 mile bubble in some random state/country, and usually exist seperate from the clearnet.
Looks like a good way to get a bunch of IPs for your botnet.
