I agree that forcing return to office is either stupid or harmful. But I do like the people I work with, and not seeing them anymore would be saddening

The solution is obvious though, simply allow choice

that makes sense

but in this case, the bank, or whatever good site, would probably not even allow non-TLS connections

and if the mesh necessitates TLS only on an exit node*. Then yeah, that’s a stupid and flawed network. And it also wouldn’t be transparent (in the sense of using just like a normal ISP)

*I’m not sure how it connects to the rest of the internet, but assuming there are exit nodes that connect to other networks

Why would you not use TLS to connect to sites on a mesh network?