What does HackerNews think of rustdesk?

I self host a relay server for rustdesk. No complaints so far. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

I've got a self hosted host in my office. When you deploy a client, you can rename the Windows exe to include the DNS name and public key of your host and it will then use them - clever idea. So I don't think you need their TURN/STUN. I suspect those are simply provided as a service and nothing more sinister.

They also provide three or so really low spec jump boxes to get people up and running if they can't self host - again, I call that altruism not sinister.

I will get Wireshark out anyway to check about this stuff next week.

You can do your own real due-dil stuff yourself by browsing around this: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk - read the issues, browse the source (read the comments!) get a feel for the software.

I'm asserting that it is no worse than anything else. I can also assert that the binaries that I get on Arch Linux are probably from the official sources (I checked a few strings etc). I can't sign off the Windows binaries but I can assert that I do trust them from their GitHub repo.

I can assert things until I'm blue in the face but I trust rustdesk more than most remote access facilities for now but I am still kicking the tyres.

You should check this amazing project - https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk