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This should say 97 VPN services instead. Just nitpicking but it did made me look twice.
This type of development is not unusual. Web hosting companies have been buying each other up since the 90s.
Nearly as disturbing as the number of people who tell me they use free VPNs. It is a bit mind boggling that folks are concerned about something and use a VPN...but choose a free one...
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It would surprise me if they didn't.
and so 97 VPN products may fall under single digit organizations, big one being NSA!
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A browser is just an application with some minimal services provided such as sync, extensions hosting, auto-updates. A VPN on the other hand consists of an application and usually unmetered usage of the company's bandwidth, which costs money.
> A VPN on the other hand consists of an application and usually unmetered usage of the company's bandwidth, which costs money. Precisely. I imagine one of the more popular uses of VPNs is Bittorrent.
This list seems to be incomplete. NordVPN is not included.
Nearly as disturbing as the number of people who tell me they use free VPNs. It is a bit mind boggling that folks are concerned about something and use a VPN...but choose a free one...
Or those who think they can use unlimited bandwidth on 5 devices and have all of it decrypted on the other end for just $3 a month, with no string attached.
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Maybe "browser" was too specific. Replace that with an "organization" and that's Mozilla. They make firefox, but they're more than just an application, they're a group of applications developers that are pro privacy.
So what organization with that kind of credibility is offering a free vpn? If Mozilla did, it probably would get the kind of attention and focus you’re suggesting. I just don’t see a lot of companies with a similar vision as Mozilla that are successful.
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Yes, a more secure and practical alternative to "VPN services" is the Tor network, which externalizes the cost of infrastructure to volunteers and thus reduces the risk inherent with centralized control. While Tor is also not without risk, I really wish more privacy oriented services and software had decentralization as a core tenet of their design.
You trust Tor exit nodes over vpn providers?
This smells fake news by countries not interested in citizens using encrypted communication. I encourage you to checkout the background of the security "main researcher".