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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by haskellshill on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @08:00AM (#45502072)
> I trust Mullvad more than I trust some random hotels WiFi

For what exactly? All sites are HTTPS now anyway, so the only thing you're leaking is the hostnames / IPs you visit. I don't exactly see how the whole "hotel WIFI" thing is relevant at all, except as a dishonest marketing strategy by VPN salesmen

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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by Citizen8396 on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @08:04AM (#45502095)
...and the IPs you connect from, which tend to correlate with where you live, work, and so on.
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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by haskellshill on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:48AM (#45504650)
You connect to hotel WIFI from home and work?
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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by Citizen8396 on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @05:04PM (#45508861)
I plead the fifth.
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