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Tailscale raises $100M

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boesboes ◴[] No.31260274[source]
For anyone else who wonders wtf tailscale is:

> Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. It enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard protocol, which means only devices on your private network can communicate with each other.

It seems to take care of key distribution, nat-traversal, authentication etc etc

Neat! No sure how that is 'fixing internet' exactly, but really cool anyway

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ncmncm ◴[] No.31260654[source]
I thought that Tailscale was pretty interesting.

Avery Pennarun, its CTO, is somebody whose judgment I am used to trusting.

Then I learned that to use it, I would be dependent on authenticating using a login on one of the unaccountable internet behemoths who could take away my account for any random reason or no expressed reason at all.

No, thank you.

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__float ◴[] No.31260778[source]
If you use an identity provider like Okta or OneLogin, then you're not tied to any "contentful" services like GitHub or a Google account that "historically" seem to have more problems of this type.

As far as threat models go, I can't really say I understand this one too much.

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1. orojackson ◴[] No.31265188[source]
For enterprise, sure, using a separate IDM provider works, but last I checked, neither Okta nor OneLogin cater to individuals and their personal accounts. So as far as threat models go, I understand why people view this requirement from Tailscale as utter garbage for personal accounts.