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Tailscale raises $100M

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854 points gmemstr | 4 comments | 04 May 22 13:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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RobertRoberts ◴[04 May 22 13:35 UTC] No.31260159[source]▶
This sounds just creepy that they are suggesting no more anonymity on the internet... as a "fix".
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jaywalk ◴[04 May 22 13:39 UTC] No.31260216[source]▶
What a strange and utterly incorrect way to interpret Tailscale's mission.
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RobertRoberts ◴[04 May 22 13:48 UTC] No.31260346[source]▶
It's not their "mission" but it is their system. If you have a static IP address where "...the address migrated around the world with you..." how do you think that will work for people that _NEED_ anonymity?

Will they be left out of this new internet?

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jaywalk ◴[04 May 22 13:51 UTC] No.31260390[source]▶
Tailscale is for accessing your own devices, it's not a general purpose VPN service. Anonymity is not a factor.
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RobertRoberts ◴[04 May 22 14:08 UTC] No.31260642[source]▶
The title of the article from Tailscale is "...to fix the Internet"... if it was "only" about "your own devices" then you are assuming they are thinking small.
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1. jaywalk ◴[04 May 22 14:24 UTC] No.31260874{3}[source]▶
You're assuming that they're thinking something completely outside of anything they've ever said, and something that nobody actually wants. Your assumption is the one that's out of left field, not mine.
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2. RobertRoberts ◴[04 May 22 17:24 UTC] No.31263376[source]▶
You haven't proved me wrong, you just said I am wrong.
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3. jaywalk ◴[04 May 22 19:13 UTC] No.31264621[source]▶
I don't have to prove you wrong, I'm not making an assertion. It's on you to prove that your assertion is correct, and you have nothing more than your opinion backing you up.
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4. RobertRoberts ◴[04 May 22 21:38 UTC] No.31266172{3}[source]▶
The idea of "you have something permanently static that identifies what is yours" on the internet that never goes away, and it runs through a corporation's server, that supposedly is marketed as "fixing the internet"... do you really think this sounds good?