Tailscale raises $100M

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

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.

Google does that, Microsoft doesn't. Microsoft will ban you from a particular service if you egregiously violate the terms of service for a particular application of theirs, but never the whole account.

Google will throw you on your ass in the blink of an eye.

Is there anything in there TOS that states it or has this just been their practice so far?

Does it matter? Whether they say they will do it, or just do it without saying they will, the experience is the same.

What matters most is if they can. Then, if they ever have done. What I want is that they can't.

you want a free service written, maintained, and hosted by others that they don't control. Am I understanding you?

No. I would be happy to pay for service, but they offer no choice but to rely on somebody else's authentication, regardless.

read harder next time. https://tailscale.com/kb/1119/sso-saml-oidc/