DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillance news broke

Re:DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillan... by dmix on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @07:59AM (#9731190)

How many of those 'privacy' VPNs ever conduct proper security analysis of their servers for modern malware, for ex. conducting memory forensics?

Most have servers in data centers in 10+ different countries, so I doubt they are all closely monitored nor capable of keeping their keys closely guarded.

Most VPNs like to advertise the 'military grade encryption' or 'no logs' nonsense, I'd rather see them post results of security audits, ideally conducted by outside firms.

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Re:DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillan... by zorked on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:00AM (#9731774)

VPN are a scam business run by offshore companies in budget datacenters with the cheapest possible employees.

It probably doesn't matter because 99.999% only want to access Netflix in another country. Out of the remaining 0.001%, most are just people from repressive countries dodging their country's porn filters.

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Re:DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillan... by sesutton on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @12:54PM (#9733345)

>It probably doesn't matter because 99.999% only want to access Netflix in another country.

If they are giving people the service they want then how is it a scam?

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Re:DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillan... by zorked on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @03:13PM (#9734525)

They are not providing the security they promise.

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Re:DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillan... by revanx_ on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @03:30PM (#9734644)

It sounds like you have something against VPN providers...

There are loads of trash VPN providers, but there are a lot of genuine ones that really care about privacy activism and provide an honest service.

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