Please don't recommend this insecure garbage.

>Is it arrogant that I feel like I've basically invented this once before?

Probably.

Yeah... -- reading the wireguard paper[0] now, and my cursory analysis ("oh this is like that time that I...") of how it works/what it needed to accomplish is suuuuper naive.

[0]: https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf

The mathematical foundations and power/elegance (and often even simplicity) of cryptographic primitives make it really easy to get the completely wrong idea about the difficulty and disturbing fragility of actual cryptographic engineering. Happens to pretty much everyone.

I thought it was fine.

I thought it was a refreshing change from the over hyping, screaming in my face, style that is common on youtube reviews (incl. Linus tech tips).

The issue he raise is really serious. As a 2016 MBP user, I was slightly tempted, but what is shown here is that it's completely unusable. Thanks for saving a lot of money!

Why did you take his food analogy literally? This post contributed nothing to the conversation in any way.