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PSA: ExpressVPN, PIA, and Cyberghost are all run by Israeli intelligence (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by silent_water@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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they were all owned by the same company and sold to Kape, which has ties to the Israeli intelligence service, a few years back.

The issue is who he sold it to -- the notorious creator of some pernicious data-huffing ad-ware, Crossrider. The UK-based company was cofounded by an ex-Israeli surveillance agent and a billionaire previously convicted of insider trading who was later named in the Panama Papers. It produced software which previously allowed third-party developers to hijack users' browsers via malware injection, redirect traffic to advertisers and slurp up private data.

I personally use perfect-privacy, which didn't turn up any red flags when I did research a few years ago. it's a little lacking in features but openvpn isn't that hard to set up on linux & android. no clue how well their desktop app works.

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[-] KittyBobo@hexbear.net 33 points 8 months ago

Mullvad is what I use, haven't heard of any controversies with them.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

I used to use Mullvad but switched because PIA was cheaper and a looooot of sites and apps were blocking me when I used Mullvad.

Fuck you Wendys I don’t want to turn off my VPN on work wifi just to order food

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago

Seconding Mullvad, you can send them an envelope of cash or buy a code off amazon if you really care about it that much. Technically they're in a 14 eyes country but no one here is important enough to worry about that.

[-] Des@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

angel-biblical there are too many eyes

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The only problem is that they don't support port forwarding, so if you're a serious torrent person that can be disqualifying.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 8 months ago

I torrent with mullvad, it seeds fine.

[-] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

But it would seed better with port forwarding, as all VPNs would. Which is the point.

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