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Re:IPVanish “No-Logging” VPN Led Homeland Security to Comcas... by panarky on Thursday June 07, 2018 @10:15AM (#17255887)
> jurisdictions where cooperation is less likely

There are still some legal restraints on US agencies and military conducting signals intelligence within the United States.

But they are unrestrained outside the US. And we've seen that foreign networks are thoroughly compromised by US agencies.

So wouldn't it actually be safer for a US resident to select a provider based in the US?

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Re:IPVanish “No-Logging” VPN Led Homeland Security to Comcas... by mirimir on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:05PM (#17261759)
> There are still some legal restraints on US agencies and military conducting signals intelligence within the United States.

That is likely a fantasy. The NSA is a military organization. And the US is always at war. So there's no expectation that the NSA will respect US law. At best, it will pretend to do so.

> So wouldn't it actually be safer for a US resident to select a provider based in the US?

It is true that there's no mandatory logging requirement for VPN services in the US. And PIA has prevailed so far on that basis. However, there are also National Security Letters, which might require logging without public notice.[0]

0) https://www.calyxinstitute.org/sites/all/documents/08_28_201...

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