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There's zero chance I'd put some random device from anyone, even a friend, on my network - especially if I knew that was its purpose. Sounds like a huge liability. Do people really do this?


> Sounds like a huge liability.

This 100%.

I don't think this is being discussed enough but I frequently see a lot of landlords trying to make their contract more attractive by including an internet offer with the rent (this is especially useful for people that look for 6-months contracts when internet providers usually give you a minimum contract length of a year).

Tenants could technically do any kind of illegal activities by using that network. I've always wondered how and who would be liable in case someone uncovers something big enough to get the attention of law enforcement.

I guess this differs by country but it seems highly plausible that a legal loophole could exist, leaving the landlord unexpectedly responsible for the tenant's actions.


> I guess this differs by country but it seems highly plausible that a legal loophole could exist, leaving the landlord unexpectedly responsible for the tenant's actions.

Not in any normal country.

> who would be liable in case someone uncovers something big enough to get the attention of law enforcement

The person doing the crimes, obviously. The cops would most likely never even contact the landlord, as they’d just show up at the address where the line is connected.


Random device? In this scenario you and your friends would have already hashed out what exactly they’re sending you and what it’s for, right?


> Sounds like a huge liability

Not really, you aren’t responsible for what other people do without your knowledge and you’d have solid evidence that someone else was able to use your network.

Sure, if your friend was committing some horrible crimes it might end up being slightly inconvenient for you.


If your "friend" uses it to download CSAM, you're in for a world of trouble. I don't know that none of my friends aren't into that stuff, but sincerely believe the friends I share a tailnet or two with aren't doing that with my connection. Tailscale has Mullvad VPN exit node integration for sketchy shit, this is more about getting access to eg Swedish television for a friend's girlfriend who gets homesick every once in a while.


It depends on the friend, but I definitely wouldn't be opposed to it.


Definitely. In the age of the internet where stupid 'legal'/commercial/whatever other restrictions are the norm it's the only way to guarantee access.


Most people have no sense of security. They say yes to strangers if asked to plug in a USB device on their laptop. When I said no in the train to someone asking to plug their device "for charging", I was definitely the bad guy.

Just find anything plausible, for backup storage, or say, to share family photos with grand parents but it does not work on my home wifi because my ISP is blocking ports, whatever.


Ah man, this must be rethorics and you wouldn't lie to a friend close enough to do such a favour, would you? WHo the h is after you guys anyway, to want such level of degraded-internet-speed?

And about 'Warp', is it or is it not a VPN after-all? They mentionned they aren't a VPN, but that they build on wireguard ??


I wouldn't lie even to strangers, and my point was solely about people having little to no sense of security.


So now the plan is to lie to people to get them to do something for you under false pretenses?




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