Tailscale Has Partnered with Mullvad mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/9/7/tailscale-has-partnered-with-mullvad/

8191 sats \ 23 comments \ @hn 7 Sep 2023 tech

2532 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 7 Sep 2023

Tailscale + Zeus + Tor = God Mode

60 sats \ 2 replies \ @aoeu 7 Sep 2023

Can you describe your process? I use Zeus and Tor to connect to my home node, but it is a little finicky. Does Tailscale negate the need for Tor?

71 sats \ 0 replies \ @Arceris 7 Sep 2023

It can negate the need to connect to your Tor-only node over Tor. I used Tailscale and Zeus to connect to my node when I was using Umbrel. Super fast.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Sep 2023

Tor just protects your IP address from the public. Some nodes just use clearnet and risk IP exposure

1541 sats \ 0 replies \ @TonyGiorgio 7 Sep 2023

That is sick. There were ways to do it before but it wasn't easy and I believe it required different third party apps. VPN is a requirement on the go so I might actually be able to utilize this more.

1166 sats \ 3 replies \ @aoeu 7 Sep 2023

I agree. Very cool. I haven't used Tailscale myself yet but have read quite a bit about it. My one concern is that Tailscale is proprietary, right? I'd love to have Mullvad partner with an open source solution.

1063 sats \ 1 reply \ @0313029d5d 7 Sep 2023 freebie

https://tailscale.com/opensource/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 7 Sep 2023

Cool!

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @sahil 8 Sep 2023

Some parts of tailscale isn't opensource headscale is fully opensource version: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale

92 sats \ 0 replies \ @hn OP 7 Sep 2023

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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 7 Sep 2023

This is very cool.

24 sats \ 2 replies \ @DiracDelta 8 Sep 2023

Mullvad accepts shitcoins/crypto

In working on https://circularbtc.xyz, I found one VPN service that doesn't: https://lnvpn.net/

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @dood 11 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiracDelta 11 Sep 2023

It's not about paying with bitcoin, it's about destroying fiat. Do you understand why a lot of Strike is LARPing?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinosphere 7 Sep 2023

I totally get why groups or organizations would use Tailscale instead of running their own secure environments in-house. Networking in a mesh is awesome.

What I haven't wrapped my head around yet is the usefulness of tailscale for individuals. What makes it better than just turning on my VPN? I can pass some data from one device to the other? I have 30 other ways to do that. Someone tell me what I'm missing here.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Zepasta 8 Sep 2023

- Tailscale requires big-tech login to use.

- Mullvad accepts Bitcoin Cash as payment.

Sorry but that's a big NO for me.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @andy 8 Sep 2023

Have a look at https://github.com/AndySchroder/StaticWire .

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 8 Sep 2023

Can you ELI5 ?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 7 Sep 2023

This is pretty cool. That's exactly the situation I'm in. Mullvad for some stuff, Tailscale for other and I have to flip between those.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @chairman_pretense 7 Sep 2023

Cool integration, but annoying it doesn't work with an existing paid up Mullvad account. Makes sense for Tailscale to monetise as a reseller I suppose.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 7 Sep 2023

How does it actually work? Like do they ask you to fill in account number in the Tailscale app?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chairman_pretense 7 Sep 2023

Nah, you just pay tailscale through their site for mullvad access. So you can't connect to an existing Mullbad account. In either case it does compromise your privacy, as you're associating an identifiable Tailscale account with VPN activity.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Louferlou 7 Sep 2023

Nice ! I'm using LNC to reach my node without deactivating my VPN (happening to be Mullvad) but it works less smoothly than tailscale for sure. Super good news, it's a must have feature for Bitcoin and LN node runners