Oddbean

WireGuard’s privacy flaws? WireGuard and OpenVPN are two popular VPN protocols. Many flock to WireGuard because it’s faster, but are unaware that it’s less private than OpenVPN. VPN providers prefer WireGuard because it uses less resources on their end to achieve good results and so it saves them money. To make it even more biased, most home routers lack the resources to handle OpenVPN without crippling speed, so the VPN router companies heavily push WireGuard in their interface setups and tech support. Because WireGuard is easier for the customer, VPN provider, router provider, and governments trying to do illegal surveillance on the population, it’s rarely discussed what the negatives of it even are. In this episode, we take a closer look: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/wireguard/