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The next step for VPNs w/ Carl Dong from Obscura
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Why was Mullvad the partner of choice for Obscura's launch? Do you have plans to add more "exit node" partners down the line and give users a choice for that portion of their connection?

Episode Summary

The VPN paradigm has grown stale, with simple one-party providers being the best available. But what if we could further minimize trust by shift to a
two-party hop system? Obscura is doing just that, and we’re sitting down with their founder Carl Dong to learn all about it.More about CarlCarl’s guest profile
– https://optoutpod.com/guests/carl-dong/More about ObscuraWebsite: https://obscura.net/Obscura’s Twitter: https://x.com/obscuravpnTechnical ... Show More... Show More

Transcript

Chapters

  • How did you end up creating Obscura?
  • Reproducible builds in a nutshell
  • Investigating iCloud Relay
  • What is Obscura, and why did you feel it was a necessary privacy tool?
  • How do you view Obscura in the broad ecosytem of privacy tools for networking?
  • Why was Mullvad the partner of choice for Obscura's launch? Do you have plans to add more "exit node" partners down the line and give users a choice for that portion of their connection?
  • Comparing Obscura to "just" using Mullvad in terms of throughput and latency
  • What's to stop Obscura and Mullvad from colluding to break the core improvement that Obscura brings over a traditional VPN?
  • What other aspects of Obscura really excite you?
  • Wen Monero support?!?
  • Wen autoconnect at launch?
  • Wen Android?!?
  • Listener Questions
  • What was the biggest technical challenge you faced building Obscura, and what do you anticipate next?
  • Is port-forwarding on the roadmap?
  • Will you add tracker or ad-blocking via DNS to Obscura?
  • How are you prioritizing between what platforms to expand to next?

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