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Dissent: Censorship resistance via collateral damage, not obfuscation
Re:AI is killing privacy. We can't let that happen
on Sunday November 16, 2025 @02:33PM (#45947724)
Shameless plug alert: This is exactly why we made Verified Privacy AI. It lets you cryptographically verify that your AI interactions are never logged or stored. You'll see the model you're talking to, the system prompts, every detail. No hidden behaviors, just complete transparency into what's running your AI. We are launched with a very limited group of early users, but you can request an invite here: https://ai.vp.net
Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships Explained ...
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:12PM (#45529715)
But that has not happened since PIA was acquired by Kape. All that proves is that the previous owner was trustworthy.
Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships Explained ...
on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:11PM (#45529702)
But, that happened since they were acquired by Kape. All that proves is the previous owner was trustworthy.
Re:A Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:12PM (#45079727)
I believe we are only scratching the surface of our history.
Re:FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'
on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:11PM (#45079721)
Is anyone really surprised?
Re:Show HN: Hacker News em dash user leaderboard pre-ChatGPT
on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:10PM (#45079707)
This is amazing The rise of the AI generated em dash is insane.
Re:Show HN: A Provably Zero Trust VPN
on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @10:56PM (#44958256)
They just announced they are killing meshnet
Re:Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:25PM (#44928618)
This is absurd. I would never buy a vehicle like that.
Re:The beauty of a text only webpage
on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:03PM (#44916752)
For sure. Pictures certainly have their place on the web. I was speaking more about websites where the entire design is made of images, even when it doesn’t make any sense to do so.
Re:Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids
on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:54PM (#44914686)
Meta puts money over minors.
Re:
on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:44PM (#44914581)
It really makes you wonder what other weapons they have that we don't know about.
Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving viewers back t...
on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:35PM (#44914462)
It makes sense. All of the streaming services have exclusive rights to certain shows in addition to their own shows, so you have to subscribe to every service out there to see everything, whereas you used to just need 1 cable subscription for it all.
Re:The beauty of a text only webpage
on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:33PM (#44914437)
Agreed. 99% of the websites out there today are so loaded with images and videos that they would've taken 25 minutes to open on dial up.
Re:A privacy VPN you can verify
on Friday August 15, 2025 @11:17AM (#44913486)
This is a complete game changer!
Re:Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:16AM (#27515840)
Andrew Lee sold Private Internet Access in 2019 and has nothing to do with them anymore. Likewise, PIA has nothing to do with Freenode.
Re:Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:14AM (#27515807)
Andrew Lee sold Private Internet Access in 2019 and has nothing to do with them anymore. Likewise, PIA has nothing to do with Freenode.
Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network
on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:12PM (#27212291)
> - When they merged with Kape Technologies (resulting in the ludicrous situation of having Mark Karpelès as their CTO) I lost all faith in them and immediately switched to Mullvad.
This is not true. Mark was hired by London Trust Media and never worked for PIA. Since Kape acquired PIA in December of 2019, there is no connection at all between Mark and PIA.
Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network
on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:50AM (#27210317)
Private Internet Access has no connection to Freenode at all anymore. It WAS owned by London Trust Media, which also owned PIA, but Kape acquired PIA in December of 2019 and has had no connection since then. We do not have any involvement or knowledge of any takeover of Freenode.
Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network
on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:30AM (#27210069)
Private Internet Access has no connection to Freenode at all anymore. It WAS owned by London Trust Media, which also owned PIA, however Kape Technologies acquired PIA in December of 2019 and has had no connection since then. We do not have any involvement or knowledge of any takeover of Freenode.
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Re:Private Internet Access Announces WireGuard VPN Beta
on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @07:38PM (#22622660)
Fixed! Thanks for the heads up :)
Re:Private Internet Access Announces WireGuard VPN Beta
on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:49PM (#22622237)
Unfortunately it is too early to commit to a date yet, but we are working hard to get it ready for "prime time" as soon as possible.
Re:Private Internet Access Announces WireGuard VPN Beta
on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:45PM (#22622202)
Chris Miller, CMO for Private Internet Access here. You are correct, we were extremely fortunate to be able to work directly with Jason Donenfeld on our implementation. We wanted to have the most seamless integration we possibly could, and who better to help than the developer himself?