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EXPOSING The Billion Dollar SECRET VPN Companies Are Hiding

https://piefed.social/post/1182494

EXPOSING The Billion Dollar SECRET VPN Companies Are Hiding

If you're using a VPN to stay safe, this will anger you.
You were told a VPN would shield you. Protect your data. Keep you anonymous. But what if the tool you downloaded for privacy was literally designed to watch you?

This video uncovers the full story behind the most dangerous VPN ever made—used by Facebook to spy on teenagers—and how today’s most trusted VPNs are following the same exact blueprint.

If you’ve ever felt unsure about who to trust online, this video will give you the receipts, the checklist, and the countermeasures you actually need.

Inside this video, you’ll learn:
• How Facebook turned a “privacy app” into a surveillance weapon
• The Israeli cyber intel unit behind Onavo and why it matters
• What Project Ghostbusters did to break HTTPS encryption
• Why 20+ top VPNs are secretly owned by spyware vendors
• The real story behind ExpressVPN, Kape Technologies, and fake “independent” review sites
• The 7-point checklist every VPN must pass to be trusted
• Better tools to protect yourself: DoH, hardened Firefox, Tor, browser isolation, and more

Yikes! I had no fucking idea! Thanks #TheKavernacle

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn-for-almost-dollar1-billion

#TomsGuide
#KapeTechnologies buys 😲 #ExpressVPN for almost $1Billion (#WTF!) 14 Sept 2021 by #MoHarberLamond

#Reuters 13 sept 2021
https://www.reuters.com/technology/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn-936-mln-2021-09-13/

#tech #VPNs #privacy

(2/3) Conglomerates like #ZiffDavis (#IPVanish, #StrongVPN, #SaferVPN, encrypt.me), #KapeTechnologies PLC (#ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access #PIA, #CyberGhost VPN, #ZenMate, #PrivateVPN), Nordsec Ltd (#NordVPN, #Surfshark, #AtlasVPN). They have high-paying #affiliate programs to reward "recommendations"; some even run their own "VPN ranking / recommendation" sites 😏: possibly acceptable for bypassing #censorship or #geoblocking, IMHO not trustworthy wrt privacy.

(2/3) Conglomerates like #ZiffDavis (#IPVanish, #StrongVPN, #SaferVPN, encrypt.me), #KapeTechnologies PLC (#ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access #PIA, #CyberGhost VPN, #ZenMate, #PrivateVPN), Nordsec Ltd (#NordVPN, #Surfshark, #AtlasVPN). They have high-paying #affiliate programs to reward "recommendations"; some even run their own "VPN ranking / recommendation" sites 😏: possibly acceptable for bypassing #censorship or #geoblocking, IMHO not trustworthy wrt privacy.

(2/3) Conglomerates like #ZiffDavis (#IPVanish, #StrongVPN, #SaferVPN, encrypt.me), #KapeTechnologies PLC (#ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access #PIA, #CyberGhost VPN, #ZenMate, #PrivateVPN), Nordsec Ltd (#NordVPN, #Surfshark, #AtlasVPN). They have high-paying #affiliate programs to reward "recommendations"; some even run their own "VPN ranking / recommendation" sites 😏: possibly acceptable for bypassing #censorship or #geoblocking, IMHO not trustworthy wrt privacy.

(2/3) Conglomerates like #ZiffDavis (#IPVanish, #StrongVPN, #SaferVPN, encrypt.me), #KapeTechnologies PLC (#ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access #PIA, #CyberGhost VPN, #ZenMate, #PrivateVPN), Nordsec Ltd (#NordVPN, #Surfshark, #AtlasVPN). They have high-paying #affiliate programs to reward "recommendations"; some even run their own "VPN ranking / recommendation" sites 😏: possibly acceptable for bypassing #censorship or #geoblocking, IMHO not trustworthy wrt privacy.

(2/3) Conglomerates like #ZiffDavis (#IPVanish, #StrongVPN, #SaferVPN, encrypt.me), #KapeTechnologies PLC (#ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access #PIA, #CyberGhost VPN, #ZenMate, #PrivateVPN), Nordsec Ltd (#NordVPN, #Surfshark, #AtlasVPN). They have high-paying #affiliate programs to reward "recommendations"; some even run their own "VPN ranking / recommendation" sites 😏: possibly acceptable for bypassing #censorship or #geoblocking, IMHO not trustworthy wrt privacy.

📬 Nutzung von VPNs ist bei manchen Anbietern riskant
#Datenschutz #Internet #AnnaEshoo #DigitalCitizensAlliance #KapeTechnologies #PeterSzyszko #RonWyden #VPNs #WhiteBulletSolutions https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/datenschutz/nutzung-von-vpns-ist-bei-manchen-anbietern-riskant-282601.html

Excellent 20-mins overview on the #VPN market, with a deep dive into it's #shady parts: "The DARK side of VPNs" by #NaomiBrockwell, featuring #JonathanTomek

Watch it *before* you sign up with any VPN #provider.

#ZiffDavis #KapeTechnologies #NordSecurity

https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/vpn-scandals:5

📬 Sennheiser ließ Datensatz mit 55 GB offen im Netz stehen #Datenschutz #AWSS3Bucket #KapeTechnologies #Sennheiser #vpnMentor https://tarnkappe.info/sennheiser-liess-datensatz-mit-55-gb-offen-im-netz-stehen/

📬 Kape Technologies, der VPN-Anbieter der Geheimdienste #Artikel #crossrider #DanielGericke #KapeTechnologies #KobyMenachemi #ShmueliAhdut #TeddySagi #Unit8200 https://tarnkappe.info/kape-technologies-der-vpn-anbieter-der-geheimdienste/

"Before 2018, Kape Technologies was called Crossrider and it was an infimous player in the malware industry."

#Crossrider #Kape #KapeTechnologies #CyberGhost #Zenmate #PrivateInternetAccess #PIA #ExpressVPN #vpnMentor #WizCase

https://restoreprivacy.com/kape-technologies-owns-expressvpn-cyberghost-pia-zenmate-vpn-review-sites/

Remember that #KapeTechnologies was the company who also bought #PrivateInternetAccess that was running the #freenode.net (naka #Leenode) #IRC.

#VPN #Kape #PIA