I know about rustdesk, and some other selfhosted solutions, but just wonder, what do you use if not screen sharing in discord.

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    20 days ago

    You should not use Rustdesk as I wouldn’t trust it with a 10 foot pole.

    You can share your screen with most video conferencing software. For remote access I would go with RDP or moonlight.

    We could really use an alternative but that takes time and knowledge to create.

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      20 days 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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        19 days 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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          15 days ago

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