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Re:IPVanish “No-Logging” VPN Led Homeland Security to Comcas... by hliyan on Thursday June 07, 2018 @10:29AM (#17256018)
> One of the first VPN services, Anonymizer, morphed into a CIA operation

I assume you mean anonymizer.com? If so, can you point me to some reliable source for this info? Would like to know more...

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Re:IPVanish “No-Logging” VPN Led Homeland Security to Comcas... by mirimir on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:18PM (#17261808)
Abraxas Corporation bought Anonymizer in May 2008.[0]

> Abraxas Corporation focuses on services, system and technology solutions, and training programs across the United States National Security community, the United States Government, and the United States military markets.[1]

It was founded in 2001

> by a group of former high-ranking agency employees, led by Richard "Hollis" Helms, a longtime overseas officer in the Middle East and onetime head of the CIA's European division, and Richard Calder, who was the agency's deputy director for administration.

0) https://www.socaltech.com/anonymizer_acquired_by_abraxas/s-0...

1) https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.a...

2) http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/nation/na-abraxas17

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