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Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its users. (techcrunch.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is the problem with using VPN services in general, you have to have complete trust in the service provider.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is no way to know whom the trustworthy VPN provider shares data with. That's just the reality. And sure you're back to square one if you don't use a VPN, but the point here is that people think that using a VPN is much safer than it actually is. Furthermore, another option is always to just run your own VPN that you can host in whatever jurisdiction you want.

[+] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The creators of MullvadVPN or their identities are not prominently disclosed, which means you have to trust them. For all we know they could be working with Swedish law enforcement or other nations and you'd never know.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

It's safe to assume they were not providing data to anyone at the time, and perhaps they are not now. Thing is that you don't know that, and it's a relationship fundamentally based on trust. There's nothing wrong with trusting a company like Mullvad, but it is just trust in the end.