The original post: /r/vpn by /u/six_string_sensei on 2024-12-25 19:16:14.

Theoretically it should be possible for users to share access to each other of their own networks and allow the usage of their machines as a VPN hosts in a P2P way. This will remove the need of centralized VPN service providers when we can route our requests through a shared network of 1000s of users.

I was wondering if this is indeed possible or am I mistaken? Are there any services which actually run on this model? What are the downsides of using VPN in this way? Would you be interested in using them? I searched for such services but couldn’t find any would be very grateful if someone knowledgeable on this topic can comment