More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle

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And a plugin supports Kobos and Pocket Readers, too.","abstract":"Tailscale on jailbroken Kindles now supports proxies and SSH. But good things come to those who wait (or dig around on GitHub).Open-source developers have improved the Tailscale experience on one of the weakest computers you own. As before, this is community code working on a very unofficial device state; bring your patience along.Tailscale on a Kindle, now with proxiesThe last time we wrote about Tailscale on a Kindle, the client was basic, but it worked.

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▪And a plugin supports Kobos and Pocket Readers, too.","abstract":"Tailscale on jailbroken Kindles now supports proxies and SSH.
▪But good things come to those who wait (or dig around on GitHub).Open-source developers have improved the Tailscale experience on one of the weakest computers you own.
▪As before, this is community code working on a very unofficial device state; bring your patience along.Tailscale on a Kindle, now with proxiesThe last time we wrote about Tailscale on a Kindle, the client was basic, but it worked.

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Original publisher	Tailscale
Canonical URL	https://tailscale.com/blog/jailbroken-kindle-proxy-tun-modes
Publication time	Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:58:46 +0000
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