There is a "conspiracy" theory that those VPN works in China because they have a connection to the CCP.
It would be amazing if Tailscale can use ExpressVPN kind of services for handshaking so that it can work inside the GFW.
It would be amazing if Tailscale can use ExpressVPN kind of services for handshaking so that it can work inside the GFW.
I've heard those conspiracy theories, but to be honest I just accepted that everything was monitored when I was in China anyway. Installing something like Wechat/微信 basically gives tencent permission to everything that's on your (Android) phone anyway. To me, the VPN was solely about granting access to what was otherwise blocked, not about privacy.
Everything except for Tailscale (and possibly ZeroTier) on that list can be entirely self-hosted.