Kape also just bought Expressvpn.

https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/expressvpn-joining-kape/

It was a bummer to see the news.

Ah wow, and ExpressVPN was also recently in the news because their CIO was one of three former U.S. intelligence operatives who "illegally helped the United Arab Emirates hack people".

https://twitter.com/josephmenn/status/1437885720169836544

Wow, I had no idea. I was a longtime PIA user, guess its time to switch again. My only issue with Mullvad is netflix blocks them (potential irony there).

Some servers used to work for me last time I tried. (It has been a while though)

HBO as well

Mullvad is located in Sweden(14 eyes, xkeyscore).

SÄPO is not the Mossad

I do not think it is SÄPO you need to worry about, it is FRA who does most spying.

SÄPO would comply with fourteen eyes directives, no? Is that not what 14 eyes membership implies?

No, that isn't what membership implies. It is a cooperation and data sharing agreement, it doesn't unify countries intelligence agencies across borders.

For example GE makes engines for Boeing airplanes. They may have a cooperative agreement and mutual non-disclosure agreements that allow engineers and designers to share engine attachment and airframe details freely, but that doesn't mean GE employees have access to information on the radio headsets.

I believe the whole reason for this post is because Kape just bought ExpressVPN.

You should assume your VPN provider is tapped regardless of who owns it or what jurisdiction it is in.

The fiber runs right out of the building.

You use a VPN to obscure your client IP from websites and app backends, not government mass surveillance.

I don't know why you'd give an Israeli tech firm the benefit of the doubt. The country's tech industry is literally surveillance. Kape is not just "possibly" a surveillance operation, it 100% definitely is.

> don't want another Kape Technologies acquisition

Purely for schadenfreude, do we have any evidence the volume of leavers was meaningful?

They definitely don't post about it.

I closed my account with PIA right after the sellout was announced. I received several emails with form letters about Kape actually being really dedicated to privacy and you can totally trust them buying PIA. Made me think that they took a noticeable hit.

They began offering much more generous deals on PIA after the aquisition, so I'm guessing enough people left for it to affect their bottom line.