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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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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[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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 25 points 7 months ago

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

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

US seems to be pretty strict with it's IP laws, crazy stuff. I've seeded like a 100TB of data and never gotten anything from my ISP

[-] if_they_push_that_button_your_ass_got_to_go@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago

in canada isps are obligated to pass on what IP holders accuse you of, but they don't actually do anything about it. the rights holders are the ones tracking torrents or whatever. i've torrented tons of music and movies and the only time i got an email was when i torrented the lady ghostbusters lol

ive heard that in the us an ISP can decide to stop providing service to you if you get too many tho

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

I believe the US works much the same way

[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

Depends on where you live, but they like to periodically make examples out of people and sue them for like half a million dollars

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