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Re:Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures ... by dannyw on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:50AM (#27431703)
Especially VPN services that got acquired, like Private Internet Access, acquired by what many people describe to be a malware company.
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Re:Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures ... by Loughla on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:18AM (#27435519)
Wait, what? What did I miss?
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Re:Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures ... by astura on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:41PM (#27442037)
It was acquired by Kape Technologies, which used to go by the name of Crossrider and has a sketchy history

https://hiddenrouter.com/private-internet-access-vpn-to-be-a...

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Re:Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures ... by nvdr on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:50AM (#27444993)
Thoughts on ProtonVPN?
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Re:Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures ... by kdtsh on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:43AM (#27446761)
There are few real use-cases for any commercial VPN which claims to sell privacy, they are generally snake oil. The one possible exception is to get around geo-blocking, and in that case you just want to go for one with the most numerous and reliable servers in the location you want to appear to be visiting from.

For privacy, the gold (and imperfect) standard is still Tor, and even then you are at the mercy of the owners of the exit node. Freenet and I2P are also interesting.

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