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• @kennwhite Kenn White on x

  Wow. @AlgoVPN gets a shout out in the New York Times. Nice piece, with commentary by @matthew_d_green and @dguido. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @roustem Roustem Karimov on x

  “... Kape has also bought several other popular VPN services, including CyberGhost VPN, Zenmate and, just last month, ExpressVPN in a $936 million deal. This year, Kape additionally bought a group of VPN review sites that give top ratings to the VPN services it owns.” https://twi…

• @codepo8 Chris Heilmann on x

  👉🏼 “Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.” 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/...?

• @ncweaver Nicholas Weaver on x

  Given the number and frequency of malicious exit nodes, I think commercial VPN snake-oil is probably safer. Given the cost of running an exit (both bandwidth and human-bandwidth for abuse complaints) there is a real problem with malicious sibyls. https://twitter.com/...

• @breejfowler Bree J. Fowler on x

  I've been saying this for a long time. At best, most consumer VPNs are a waste of money. At worst, they're doing exactly what you're paying them to stop. #privacy https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x

  ZDNet has a better and more in-depth look at the topic, from 2 weeks ago: https://www.zdnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimestech @nytimestech on x

  Security experts have recommended using a VPN to shield your internet traffic from bad actors. But just as tech gadgets become outdated over time, so does some tech advice, @bxchen writes. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @nytimestech @nytimestech on x

  .@bxchen writes that he ended up using some web tools to create his own private network for free, which wasn't easy. But he also learned that many casual users may not even need a VPN anymore. https://www.nytimes.com/...