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On Oct 20, 2024, D. Ray wrote
(in article<mgZHaiQJMaqnGprQzlTkUEGTDTdHCwbt@news.usenet.farm>):

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most
sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual
or political activities. But 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, including the elite Unit 8200 and Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Previous MintPress News investigations into Israel’s growing control over the tech industry have outlined how those units have been involved in many
of Israel’s most outrageous hacking, surveillance and assassination programs, acting as spies and death squads. Unit 8200, for example, has
been the source of much of the world’s most infamous spying software, including Cellebrite and Pegasus, the program used to snoop on tens of thousands of the world’s top politicians and journalists, including by Saudi Arabia, who used it to help track down and kill Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Given this context, justifiable fears arise that control over a vast VPN empire could add to Israel’s influence over the online information and security world, creating backdoors for Israeli intelligence to carry out a vast kompromat operation on users around the globe.

This investigation is part of a series highlighting and detailing the power of Israel’s growing tech industry to access and control people’s data.

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<https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/2882

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Incredibly interesting article. Thank you for sharing this.

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In comp.misc Francis Strelok <fr@nc@strelok.com> wrote:

On Oct 20, 2024, D. Ray wrote
(in article<mgZHaiQJMaqnGprQzlTkUEGTDTdHCwbt@news.usenet.farm>):

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most
sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual >> or political activities. But 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, including the elite Unit 8200 and
Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

…

…

<https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/2882

<https://archive.md/9hDvd>

Incredibly interesting article. Thank you for sharing this.

This chap has some recommendations and info about independent vpns

https://christitus.com/vpn-tier-list-2024/
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On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Peter Dean wrote:

In comp.misc Francis Strelok <fr@nc@strelok.com> wrote:

On Oct 20, 2024, D. Ray wrote
(in article<mgZHaiQJMaqnGprQzlTkUEGTDTdHCwbt@news.usenet.farm>):

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most
sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual >>> or political activities. But 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, including the elite Unit 8200 and
Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

…

…

<https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/2882

<https://archive.md/9hDvd>

Incredibly interesting article. Thank you for sharing this.

This chap has some recommendations and info about independent vpns

https://christitus.com/vpn-tier-list-2024/

Come on... there is no "independent" VPN. If it is a company, it can, and
it will (if you are important enough) be corrupted. All it takes is for
the governments to start fiddling around and a small, lonely VPN provider
soon falls.

I'd rather crack someones wifi and use their connection if I had anything sinister to do, than to rely on some random VPN company representative
I've never known and will never see in my life again. --8323328-1422918776-1729498630=:3972--
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D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Peter Dean wrote:

In comp.misc Francis Strelok <fr@nc@strelok.com> wrote:

On Oct 20, 2024, D. Ray wrote
(in article<mgZHaiQJMaqnGprQzlTkUEGTDTdHCwbt@news.usenet.farm>):

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most
sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual >>>> or political activities. But 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, including the elite Unit 8200 and >>>> Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

…

…

<https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/2882

<https://archive.md/9hDvd>

Incredibly interesting article. Thank you for sharing this.

This chap has some recommendations and info about independent vpns

https://christitus.com/vpn-tier-list-2024/

Come on... there is no "independent" VPN. If it is a company, it can, and
it will (if you are important enough) be corrupted. All it takes is for
the governments to start fiddling around and a small, lonely VPN provider soon falls.

I'd rather crack someones wifi and use their connection if I had anything sinister to do, than to rely on some random VPN company representative
I've never known and will never see in my life again.

For the occasional torrent I want off a public tracker I’ve been impressed with Mullvad VPN.

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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Peter Dean wrote:

In comp.misc Francis Strelok <fr@nc@strelok.com> wrote:

On Oct 20, 2024, D. Ray wrote
(in article<mgZHaiQJMaqnGprQzlTkUEGTDTdHCwbt@news.usenet.farm>):

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most
sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual >>>> or political activities. But 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, including the elite Unit 8200 and >>>> Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

…

…

<https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/2882

<https://archive.md/9hDvd>

Incredibly interesting article. Thank you for sharing this.

This chap has some recommendations and info about independent vpns

https://christitus.com/vpn-tier-list-2024/

Come on... there is no "independent" VPN. If it is a company, it can,
and it will (if you are important enough) be corrupted. All it takes
is for the governments to start fiddling around and a small, lonely
VPN provider soon falls.

Quite few countries still have very free-speech-friendly laws, and theoretically companies are able to defend their rights in court. It
happened before. The question is, which companies are really ready to do
it if needed?

I'd rather crack someones wifi and use their connection if I had
anything sinister to do, than to rely on some random VPN company representative I've never known and will never see in my life again.

What if it's not you, but they are the ones who want to do sinister things?
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