Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on

Re:Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on by xani_ on Friday September 30, 2022 @04:52PM (#33040623)

Same with most VPN providers. Just expands the search from "ask ISP" to "ask ISP, they tell government its a VPN company, ask VPN company".

Now, sure, they could "just" delete logs, but their government can "just" tell them not to, or even tell them to live send the logs to them directly.

So it's really "which country's government you trust".

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Re:Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on by travoltaj on Saturday October 01, 2022 @06:03AM (#33045400)

There's quite a few VPNs who have been asked to keep logs by the authorities but the VPN providers contest it in court, and since their jurisdiction laws don't need them to, the courts side with the VPN providers.

Mullad, OVPN are a couple.

What are your opinions on those? Not every country has laws like USA/India, which give the government free reign by citing certain Acts.

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Re:Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on by zepearl on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:58PM (#33041339)

Adding that in general a country's law (data protection/privacy in this context) usually targets its own citizens; traffic related to foreign citizens (as in the case of VPNs) would for sure have a lower degree of protection.

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