VPNs Promised Privacy. Here's How Several Got Caught Lying
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TLDR:
NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Kape Technologies, PureVPN, Hola VPN, Facebook Onavo.
With Kape actually encompassing:
Oh fuck, I've been using PIA for years and years, should I switch?
That depends on if what the article says about them bothers you. The top comment is kinda misleading by just listing all the name of companies mentioned without putting why they were mentioned. Kape isn't on the list for lying about privacy, they are on the list for owning 4 VPN companies.
There's a reason why most of their advertising is about protecting yourself from the privy eyes of the advertisers, and going around content locking, and not actual privacy.
Not too long ago the major VPN providers' advertising was about privacy and security though.
Still is
Happy not to see mullvad there.... Yet.
AFAIK, it’s privately held by the founders, who are largely driven by ideals and have no intention of selling it.
That's good but don't trust it blindly, ever
Every organization aand or company gets corrupted the second money becomes an issue somewhere or when they hire some manager who "will make things more efficient"
While this video is austensibly about Incogni, you'll soon discover just how much it's about VPNs and who owns them.
https://youtu.be/JFI1CfnDJxY
At least this one I can understand, the guy probably knows pretty well what to protect from, and also may have changed the opinion on if you should attack journalists or protect them
That would've been better disclosed at hiring time, not when someone found out, of course
Still been using windscribe for the past few years. Still haven't had or seen any issues. It's pretty cheap and works great.