From North America, and I’m going on vacation in china for a few weeks. I wonder if anyone knows if I’ll be able to access any of my self-hosted services over zerotier while I’m abroad?

Edit: To be specific, I’m hoping to ssh into my machine over zerotier in case I need to fix something and back up some photos to my home NAS via rsync or something

  • CCMan1701A@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 months ago

    tailscale worked some times, but seemed to depend on the location of the moon relative to the air speed of a nearby sparrow and it was really slow.

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 months ago

      What are the risks, if you aren’t intending on doing anything illegal?

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        3 months ago

        They can load in spyware that follows you outside the country. Also the whole “if you aren’t intending to do anything illegal” bit really reads like all the piece of shit bootlicking conservatives after George Floyd.

        • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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          3 months ago

          They can’t do that unless they take your devices, gain admin access and install stuff onto it. You don’t just get spyware installed your phone simply by entering a country.

          Also the whole “if you aren’t intending to do anything illegal” bit really reads like all the piece of shit bootlicking conservatives after George Floyd.

          Except that is a whole different context. The argument doesn’t work if you’re a citizen of a country and granting your government more and more powers. It would apply maybe if you were a Chinese citizen. OP isn’t talking about moving to China or installing a similar government in their home country. They are going on holiday. You can behave yourself and cooperate with their requirements for a few weeks. If you are really against a country having powers to check your phone and devices and such as a matter of principle, not because you’ve got anything to hide, then don’t go.

          George Floyd was an American citizen murdered in his own country by the powers that were supposed to protect him. Big difference.

          Although I did take precautions myself, such as deleting my memes/downloads folder just in case I saved anything that could be offensive. But it didn’t matter because they didn’t check my phone anyway for simply being there.

          China itself cares the most about public disorder and foreign influence. As long as you aren’t intending on causing foreign interference in how they do things and are just going for purposes of tourism/adventure/meeting people, then you’ll be absolutely fine. They don’t really care enough about you to give you special treatment unless you are seen as a threat like that.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        China isn’t exactly know for rule of law. They could simply decide you are a criminal. When traveling international it is better to play it safe.

        If you really need a service I would either bring a disk drive with you or setup limited remote access for yourself that has minimal access. Remember they can force you to hand over things like passwords.

  • Ptsf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Bringing non-disposable technology to China is a mistake in most circumstances.

  • BaroqueInMind@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    People posting here don’t realize that CN gov IDs and allows certain traffic to get rerouted through a certain VLAN so they can do DPI and record every packet through a beefy expensive tap device to analyze the telemetry later, and potentially build a case against you. If they so choose. And they likely have the capability to trivially decrypt TLS.

    Don’t bring in any tech, don’t access your personal net back home, don’t expect any level of actual privacy or good intentions. Just do your business and keep your digital digital persona minimal while there.