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I wonder if it's feasible to make a VPN network where you peer with only _one_ other individual but that individual is selected somewhat randomly. As in, you offer your residential IP to one other person and one other person offers their residential IP to you.

The only services I've seen involve a few people offering their servers as n-ary client exit nodes which obviously ends up with saturation problems like the tor network. Obviously the legal concerns are a big deal but if companies like Mullvad aren't liable for illegal web traffic, one might be able to get similar protections for people that install this VPN.



That seems like a bad idea. When illegal activity is done on the internet the first thing law enforcement will do is go after you (by subpoena'ing your ISP for your information based on IP). You also have places like Germany where copyright representatives are very aggressive and will fine/settle you large amounts when downloading pirated content.




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