Some friends have safety concerns that mean they need to appear digitally as if they’re inside the USA while being elsewhere physically. Standard commercial VPNs are easy to detect (else I’d recommend Mullvad), so they need an option that looks like a residential connection.
They could potentially DIY it by leaving a VPN server at a relative’s house, but I’m asking here for subscription services. It’s best if they have a Mac OS app that’s foolproof, with a clear visual indication that it’s in use, and a feature to block traffic if the VPN is disconnected.
tl;dr: what’s the closest residential VPN to Mullvad?
If safety is involved you want Tor. No VPN is good enough to protect life. You want a hardened Tor browser with the proper obscurity options turned on so it looks like regular traffic. Also turn off JavaScript by setting the security settings to max.
I would use a snowflake since those are run by individuals
This is a concern about a remote employer detecting that they’re working from outside the USA, not surveillance. TOR is not an appropriate solution.
They are going to find out regardless. Stop trying to cheat the system as that’s crazy in so many ways.
Probably not. This is the sort of organization that will do the bare minimum to tick a compliance checkbox and no more. That likely includes IP geolocation and maybe checks against well-known datacenter IPs. It’s very unlikely to include latency checks, and does not include monitoring agents on remote machines. My friends have accepted there’s some risk of employment loss, but would prefer to mitigate it.
Fuck the system.
You are talking about fraud. I’m not about to help you commit a crime. If a company wanted someone from abroad they wouldn’t restrict it to US only.
I couldn’t care less what the employer wants. This almost certainly doesn’t violate any criminal laws, but could lead to loss of employment.
I care that my friends can be somewhere they’re physically safe while making enough money to be OK.
The system already cheats us. It’s literally designed to.
But yeah, they’ll find out at some point if they’re really looking.
It is bold to criticize the system while actively trying to commit fraud.
As long as you were paying taxes to the US, the state, and the county you’re working in, I’m not sure who would have standing to claim fraud.
You’d get fired for sure.
And I personally would never do it. But I also have no sympathy for corporations making wacky rules.