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What's your thoughts on Rustdesk? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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So I've been using Rustdesk with a self hosted server for business and personal use now for some time. However, it is definitely the sketchiest foss software I've used. It seems to be based in China but the developers keep lying and saying its in Singapore.

Here is a list if everything I've found:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/14kjvkg/community_consensus_on_rustdesk_with_all_the/

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/1159

https://www.reddit.com/r/rustdesk/comments/y230hf/my_rustdesk_client_try_to_communication_with/

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/10ppntj/reminder_about_the_shadyness_of_rustdesk/

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/109tn1i/rustdesk_server_117_supports_ipv6_now_selfhosted/j42pf4m/

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/uurta8/_/

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/y80sw1/as_someone_that_knows_nothing_about_virtualremote/isxvib2/

https://youtu.be/JIAdEGX_sIU

It seems that now the clients and OSS server are completely foss which is good. They also no longer have public servers in China according to them. In the client itself it also now has better defaults so you are less at risk of getting attacked.

It still is sketch but it now is slightly less sketch I guess? Either way its not ideal.

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[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The US government is a dangerous authoritarian government and they heavily influence private business in very nasty ways.

[–] octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If I am remembering correctly, Australia also has laws that allow the government to force private companies to build backdoors. I think it was the Ass Access Act.

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh yeah I'm not denying that.

I'm just saying its short sighted to take any shots at China when the west are authoritarian themselves.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

The difference is that there is SOME accountability in the West and we can, to an extent, influence who leads us, especially in Europe.

So if flagrant misuse does appear, there’s a much higher risk of it being discovered and of heads rolling in the west.

Think of the number of exposed scandals in the West and compare that to China.

And I’m not throwing shit China’s way and thinking the West infallible. I’ve been to China plenty and worked with awesome Chinese people plenty. There’s a lot to love in China.

But let’s not get lost in whataboutisms. Where would you rather raise your children?!

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yea, we do....

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The US government is in fact not authoritarian. As for influencing private business that is a real concern but at least here it isn't illegal to stay private. I can vote for my officials and criticize the government without fear.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27D1DO/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-nsa-attempting-to-insert-backdoors-into-encrypted-data

https://archive.is/CFLMV

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/31/denmark-helped-us-spy-on-angela-merkel-and-european-allies-report

Damn, if only the US government didn't have a proven track record of putting backdoors in commercial software.

But hey, at least they are not authoritarian state so backdoors originating from the US are all fine, right?

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

The US is especially authoritarian.

And if you think you actually have a choice in candidates, let alone any good ones you're sorely mistaking.

Voter suppression is a widely used tactic to influence votes away from low socio economic areas and black communities.