Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
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Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
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#2I've used TunnelBear for many years but just found out they sold out to McAfee. Why do they sell their souls to parasites such as McAfee?
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#3I've used TunnelBear for many years but just found out they sold out to McAfee. Why do they sell their souls to parasites such as McAfee?
Easy exit for $$$$
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#4I've used TunnelBear for many years but just found out they sold out to McAfee. Why do they sell their souls to parasites such as McAfee?
Easy exit for $$$$
Perhaps "Never use a VPN that is a startup" is s good rule of thumb.
(I might extend it to "for-profit," but if it's a for-profit company that has a clear revenue source other than the VPN, it might be fine.)
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#5Can we have a list?
That article is garbage.
Re: Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
#6The original article has a lot more details including lists of companies and how they figured this out.
https://vpnpro.com/blog/hidden-vpn-owners-unveiled-97-vpns-2...
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#7What does "secretly owned" mean?
The #2 company on the Fortune 500 is Exxon-Mobil. Who owns it? There are some limited disclosures in various places, but this is the same as Chinese firms. Exxon-Mobil is "secretly owned". What hypocrisy these western magazines have. Computer Weekly, owned by Reed Elsevier RELX makes a small fortune privatizing publication of publicly funded research. Who is behind that? Who knows? It is as much "secretly owned" as any Chinese company.
Re: Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
#8What does "secretly owned" mean? The #2 company on the Fortune 500 is Exxon-Mobil. Who owns it? There are some limited disclosures in various places, but this is the same as Chinese firms. Exxon-Mobil is "secretly owned". What hypocrisy these western magazines have. Computer Weekly, owned by Reed Elsevier RELX makes a small fortune privatizing publication of publicly funded research. Who is behind that? Who knows? It…
Re: Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
#9Re: Almost a Third of World's Top VPNs Are Secretly Owned by Chinese Firms
#10I've used TunnelBear for many years but just found out they sold out to McAfee. Why do they sell their souls to parasites such as McAfee?
That happened last year in March.
Linus Tech Tips used to be heavily sponsored by TunnelBear but they chose to drop them in favour of PIA once McAfee acquired the VPN.