Thanks Kenzo,
I had looked at a couple of other apps that create a mesh network, but considering how Windows allows you to set up and encrypt a LAN that can be linked with other LANs to create a private mesh network, then why use any free app?
If you set up remote access you can connect across the internet like Nord VPN's app does and create a hot stop on the remote end to increase the range of connectivity. With the use of WiFi directional antennas (like the "cantenna") you could link a mesh-net over a distance with WiFi signals. You can even legally use license-free VHS freqs to send and receive digitally encrypted signals at an even greater distance.
Sure, you have to do some research to understand how to set up a LAN and IP addresses are kind of a pain to use, but there are ways to make it easier without Nord or any other app that could, as you say, 'provide a backdoor' to bad players.
Over on ATS there are a few that are saying that VPNs don't work that way, but if my data stream is flowing through their system, how do I know what stops it makes along the way? Nord sounds like a good company that is outside of government influence, I'd like to believe they are for real in their concern for their customers, but this is an entirely free app, so what are they getting if you are using it? Why add traffic to their network for free and get zero for handling it?
You caught on to my line of thinking that has been clearly illustrated at demonstrations around the globe including incidences here in the states. That article totally explains where I was going with all this. I should have been more clear but thought I was being clear enough.
From the article, that last line in bold boils the issue down very well.
I had looked at a couple of other apps that create a mesh network, but considering how Windows allows you to set up and encrypt a LAN that can be linked with other LANs to create a private mesh network, then why use any free app?
If you set up remote access you can connect across the internet like Nord VPN's app does and create a hot stop on the remote end to increase the range of connectivity. With the use of WiFi directional antennas (like the "cantenna") you could link a mesh-net over a distance with WiFi signals. You can even legally use license-free VHS freqs to send and receive digitally encrypted signals at an even greater distance.
Sure, you have to do some research to understand how to set up a LAN and IP addresses are kind of a pain to use, but there are ways to make it easier without Nord or any other app that could, as you say, 'provide a backdoor' to bad players.
Over on ATS there are a few that are saying that VPNs don't work that way, but if my data stream is flowing through their system, how do I know what stops it makes along the way? Nord sounds like a good company that is outside of government influence, I'd like to believe they are for real in their concern for their customers, but this is an entirely free app, so what are they getting if you are using it? Why add traffic to their network for free and get zero for handling it?
(07-12-2023, 06:27 AM)Kenzo Wrote: I have PIA VPN and looked what they write about mesh networks
The privacy perils of using a mesh network – and why we urgently need one that is robust and open source
Someone commenting that writed that they are working on project /protocol named Quantumgate.
Quantumgate
QuantumGate Overview
You caught on to my line of thinking that has been clearly illustrated at demonstrations around the globe including incidences here in the states. That article totally explains where I was going with all this. I should have been more clear but thought I was being clear enough.
From the article, that last line in bold boils the issue down very well.
Quote:The obvious solution is to create an independent, non-hierarchical, self-configuring local network that connects people within a group. This forms what is generally known as a mesh network. It’s an idea that has been around for several decades, but the near ubiquity of powerful smartphones has turned it into a practical approach that can be used by ordinary people without technical expertise. All that is needed is suitable software providing the mesh networking capabilities. One app that has become popular with people taking part in demonstrations is Bridgefy, which is based on Bluetooth communications. It was used by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong last year, and Bridgefy’s Twitter account has mentioned its deployment in the US, India, Zimbabwe and Belarus. Despite that widespread use around the world, often in contexts where the authorities will be interested in monitoring who is using the app, or in blocking it, a group of researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, found a range of serious vulnerabilities in Bridgefy that underline the dangers of naively assuming that a mesh network app is safe to use for purposes requiring complete confidentiality.
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