Mullvad generates you a unique account number for your “login” that you’re only told once (if you pay them in crypto or other privacy friendly payment methods)
PIA did/does something similar but they’ve lost my trust
PIA was bought by an Israeli private equity firm Kape Technologies that also has a bunch of other VPN brands they operate. Even if they pass an audit I wouldn’t trust them not to be doing something shady with the data.
The evidence is substantial. But if I were a certain tyrant waging an information war, and I were interested in spying on dissidents, I would be looking for ways to spy on and manipulate companies like Kape in ways that aren’t publicly visible, because their reputation of independence is valuable. That alone makes PIA not worth the risk for me.
2019 per wikipedia But I too used them for a while after that but before I found out. PIA used to be pretty regularly recommended as a VPN and then it kinda fell off, but I never really knew why.
Mullvad generates you a unique account number for your “login” that you’re only told once (if you pay them in crypto or other privacy friendly payment methods)
PIA did/does something similar but they’ve lost my trust
PIA was bought by an Israeli private equity firm Kape Technologies that also has a bunch of other VPN brands they operate. Even if they pass an audit I wouldn’t trust them not to be doing something shady with the data.
I’m torn about PIA. Kape is scetchy (and based out of an apartheid state), but PIA itself is court-tested.
The evidence is substantial. But if I were a certain tyrant waging an information war, and I were interested in spying on dissidents, I would be looking for ways to spy on and manipulate companies like Kape in ways that aren’t publicly visible, because their reputation of independence is valuable. That alone makes PIA not worth the risk for me.
Wait, really? When did this happen? I’ve been using PIA all along.
2019 per wikipedia But I too used them for a while after that but before I found out. PIA used to be pretty regularly recommended as a VPN and then it kinda fell off, but I never really knew why.