Thread by @dguido

Google sure is good at plagiarizing my work. I released @AlgoVPN, an open-source, self-hosted VPN solution, in 2016. I find it hard to believe @Jigsaw was unaware since I’ve met their engineers more than once.
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Since I released @AlgoVPN, it’s attracted ~7500 Github stars, 700 external contributions from 80 contributors, and endorsements from @motherboard, @kennwhite, @TheRegister, @thegrugq, @TechCrunch, @lifehacker, and more.

I’m proud of what we accomplished but taking @AlgoVPN to the next level requires external funding. I have been relentless in trying to obtain it. I started by recording a podcast, then bundled it with my proposals. georgianpartners.com/the-problem-wi…

As should be obvious, no proposals were accepted and @AlgoVPN has no external funding. Here’s one of the more memorable rejection notices, which grossly misunderstood the value proposition of a self-hosted VPN:

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I met with @Jigsaw engineers at 3 private events in 2017. We exchanged business cards, talked through our projects, and I’m sure I mentioned @AlgoVPN. As far as I can tell, they immediately cloned it, never communicated with me, then paid for a PR spot in @WIRED today.

So, I guess watch what you say to Google? Like the CII, Jigsaw is intended to buy good PR for @Google, pursue Eric Schmidt’s megalomaniacal regime change ambitions, and distract bored Google engineers from dreary ad sales work. They have no reason to collaborate with you.