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PSA: ExpressVPN, PIA, and Cyberghost are all run by Israeli intelligence (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by silent_water@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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they were all owned by the same company and sold to Kape, which has ties to the Israeli intelligence service, a few years back.

The issue is who he sold it to -- the notorious creator of some pernicious data-huffing ad-ware, Crossrider. The UK-based company was cofounded by an ex-Israeli surveillance agent and a billionaire previously convicted of insider trading who was later named in the Panama Papers. It produced software which previously allowed third-party developers to hijack users' browsers via malware injection, redirect traffic to advertisers and slurp up private data.

I personally use perfect-privacy, which didn't turn up any red flags when I did research a few years ago. it's a little lacking in features but openvpn isn't that hard to set up on linux & android. no clue how well their desktop app works.

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[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh motherfucker PIA is the one I use

Thankfully the main reason I have it is just to steal video games but I’ll make sure that doesn’t renew

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

main reason I have it is just to steal video games

why do you need a VPN for that? Can you get in trouble if you don't use it?

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I’ve gotten letters from my ISP in years prior. For torrenting Silicon Valley and Gambo Thrones if I remember right

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sure they still spy on my torrents but this is why I don't use any vendor provided apps or software for VPN shit (or anything else without a very compelling reason tbh), it's practically guaranteed to be adware or spyware

I guess it's time to check if my provider is on this list though

[–] SwitchyWitchyandBitchy@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know the situation on Windows but the network manager VPN integration on Gnome is actually pretty amazing. Just have my VPN set to auto connect and it just works and comes right back up without any drama when the system wakes from sleep or switches access appints etc. definitely +1 for not using the vendor apps.

[–] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There’s a significant difference between the threat model surrounding vpns that you intend to use for port forwarding torrents and vpns you intend to use to protect yourself from data harvesting/the cops.

Don’t expect one to do both.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I'm posting this here because a lot of use a VPN for organizing. this doesn't matter if all you care about is torrenting.