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akilou@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoBut few people know that a considerable chunk of that market—including three of the six most popular VPNs—is quietly operated by an Israeli-owned company with close connections to that country’s national security state,
But we’re not gonna tell you which ones!
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, not good if them to not share that information.
But for anyone who’s wondering, here’s a decent article that goes over the shady companies that discretely own most VPNs apps.
Amusingly, and in counterpoint to the guy who you replied to, this article concludes that Proton is actually a solid VPN option that isn’t beholden to one of those sketchy VPN-hoarding companies.
They also recommend Mullvad as a good option. I’ve never used them, but I’ve seen mentioned positively in other articles about VPNs.