[krtkush]

I have a RPi 5 running as a Tailscale exit node in my parent's house in a developing country. The said country does not care much about what people download. qbittorrent-nox makes it very easy to download stuff by just using my browser. Plus, I have access to local, region locked streaming content and very cheap Netflix subscription.

[princevegeta89]

Netflix subscription - Netflix stopped access to streaming for accounts unless you're in the original country of billing. Are you streaming Netflix through your tunnel as well?

[manmal]

Why not, that’s one of the main use cases for Tailscale.

[krtkush]

> Are you streaming Netflix through your tunnel as well?

Yep!

[bloqs]

Is there a service to rent these?

[everforward]

This sounds similar to a seedbox, a server rented to do piracy so DMCA complaints and such are sent to your seedbox provider instead of you.

The seedbox providers are typically headquartered somewhere where they can just burn DMCA notices. The servers themselves are also often located in piracy friendly jurisdictions (the Netherlands used to be common, not sure what’s current).

They usually come pre-installed with a remotely accessible torrent client like Deluge, Transmission, etc. Also often includes other software like VPNs, Plex, etc.

You should be relatively safe using one. The server does all the torrenting, you just download the files over FTP so you never appear in the swarm directly. It’s also a huge pain in the ass for law enforcement because it becomes international quickly. You’re in country X, the server with its IP in the swarm is in country Y, and the company that has the rental agreement with the data center for the server is in country Z.

Anecdotally, I used to spend some time in the space and I can’t recall a seed box provider ever getting raided. I think they just generally don’t bother with folks technical enough to go that far; there are easier fish to fry.

[veqq]

How much would you pay for that - compared to existing VPN solutions? You can find cloud hosts or server rentals in Bosnia, Colombia or wherever fairly easily.

[sulandor]

"residential proxy"

providing such a service (-network) is a popular monetization option for all kinds of useless crapware. this is very useful, but even more shady than regular vpn providers.

[fragmede]

A service like that would be worth a premiumize amount

[killingtime74]

New Zealand?

[d3m0t3p]

New Zealand, developing country ?

[slyall]

Actually in New Zealand getting into trouble for downloading is fairly rare.

The Studios and Music Companies lobbied and got a law passed but the ISPs managed to have the law include a small charge ($20 from memory) for each notice. So the Movie/TV people never bother sending any notices and the music people only rarely do it.

[Brajeshwar]

I think Maharashtra, India.