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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• buedi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What is your issue with Rustdesk? I would understand if you mention Teamviewer, which runs through 3rd party servers, but Rustdesk? Is the client phoning home despite self-hosting or what do you mean? I am seriously interested.

  On the other hand, I would not use RDP over the Internet without a VPN or at least an RDP Gateway in between both parties.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There has been a few controversies so here is the TLDR:

    • Rustdesk public relays have been caught using Chinese servers

    • The Rustdesk app is highly privileged for little reason. They abused this privilege to switch Wayland users to X silently

    • very little is known about the Rustdesk “team” if there even is one. There is a single github user called “rustdesk” and the personalities on the Rustdesk website appear to be fake.

    • Rustdesk says they are from Singapore but there are multiple leads that point to them being Chinese

    • They straight up delete any issue or discussion that questions the supposed Rustdesk “team”

    That’s just the summary that I know. You can find more information by looking up Rustdesk controversy or is Rustdesk a scam.

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    • mfat@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought the devs were Indian.

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    • buedi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you very much! Little did I know! I will look for alternatives now… MeshCentral is the next on my list I guess.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I forgot Meshcentral existed honestly. That’s probably a much better option that RDP

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• capital@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No rustdesk but recommend RDP for remoting?

  I’m confused on both recommendations.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Avoid Rustdesk like the plague for security reason.

    I recommend RDP as a protocol for remote access. It takes a little setup but it can be used. It isn’t fit for all use cases of course so don’t take it to literally.

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    • capital@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay 2 things.

      1. I haven’t heard about any security issues with Rustdesk. Can you link to what you’re referring to?
      2. It’s strange to see someone concerned about security recommend RDP for remote access when it’s a terrible idea to expose it to the internet. But maybe you mean to expose a VPN and then connect to RDP via that?

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t want to expose RDP to the internet. However, it works for a local lan or over Tailscale.

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