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by inapis 2639 days ago
At that point it would be better to roll your own and use ports 22 or 443.
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I guess this is the point where you leave the general public behind. Lucky you.

Which fits fantastically in the discussion over at the San Diego Streetlight surveillance and the "Software engineers social responsibility"[1] vs. the fact that it will get worse if you make it mainstream.

Interesting times.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19545668

Hopefully projects like Streisand [1] continue to be worked on - they automate a lot of the hassle of setting up services like this. Ideally they will eventually be easy enough for your grandpa to use.

[1] https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

This is what I’m doing. Linode box.
Probably it's worth not blocking you for that, just add you to a list as a person of interest.