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PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
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Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#52This article and articles like this miscast Kape in an incorrect light. To be clear, in the past the company was known as CrossRider and provided a developer SDK that could be used to integrate with browsers. Unfortunately, CrossRider didn't do enough to prevent malware (like platforms these days and their fake news) and the platform was used by some bad people for bad purposes. When the new management team of CrossR…
Thanks for speaking up here. The point on this now being a public company with mandated reporting is interesting. And I found the supplemental presentation decks interesting as well. [1] One thing that stood out to me is that while public, it's still controlled by one person [2], is there a plan to broaden that and be accountable to more people?
[1] https://investors.kape.com/reports-and-presentations/2019
[1a] Slide 5 had interesting stats on PIA for anyone interested here -https://investors.kape.com/~/media/Files/K/Kape-IR/reports-a...
[2] https://investors.kape.com/significant-shareholders
[2a] unikmind gets listed as Teddy Sagi on ownership reporting forms
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#53Just a general question about VPN services in general. When they advertise that they have hundreds of servers in a dozen or so countries, is it even possible to think that they are able to secure all of that themselves? Surely some State actor with enough know-how is going to be able to hack into some of the servers, right?
Most of them just rent servers / VPS boxes, so ultimately your security depends also on whoever operates the servers themselves. NordVPN got recently powned through remote management software vulnerabilities in one of the datacenters they were renting from - https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/21/nordvpn-confirms-it-was-ha...
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've recommended PIA for years. But no longer. I just don't trust Kape.
Thank you for your recommendations. We are working on and hope to go beyond the world of trust. We are now, the most transparent VPN as there are requirements to be transparent when you are a public company. We don't want people to be stuck with having to blindly believe in and trust us like other VPNs. Don't trust. Verify.
WTF are you talking about? You're a "public company" so you are transparent, enough so that people can verify what you do? WAT
That's like saying I can trust Philip Morris International and Altria that they would never downplay the carcinogenic properties of tobacco products because they are public companies.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#55Former PIA user who recently just moved to Mullvad [1]. Very transparent about their operations and they don't require any information from you to open an account. You can even mail them cash or pay with cryptocurrency to avoid having your real identity financially linked to your subscription. [1] https://mullvad.net/en/
Seeing Mullvad being hyped all over since the NordVPN disaster, I predict they will be next.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#56Just a general question about VPN services in general. When they advertise that they have hundreds of servers in a dozen or so countries, is it even possible to think that they are able to secure all of that themselves? Surely some State actor with enough know-how is going to be able to hack into some of the servers, right?
> When they advertise that they have hundreds of servers in a dozen or so countries... ... they're often lying. In particular, servers in exotic locations are almost always the result of "creative" routing, and are physically located in a more standard country. https://restoreprivacy.com/vpn-server-locations/
Mullvad is very open about their servers, which they rent and which they own [0]. Note that 31173 is their parent company.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You can also sign up with crypto currency if you want. But can you renew with Bitcoin etc?
Yes.
I see no cryptocurrency option for renewal.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#58Disappointed. I've been with PIA for a few years now and I always recommended them and loved their support. I just cancelled my annual subscription which was due to expire in 100 days. Vote with your wallet. Any recommendations for a new VPN provider?
ProtonVPN, I use them for email as well. They got in a bit of hot water for helping with the legal case for one of their users, but generally I like to think that if I'm not committing any crimes I'll be ok, come what may.
You also technically don't have to give your real information to a VPN provider.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#59Disappointed. I've been with PIA for a few years now and I always recommended them and loved their support. I just cancelled my annual subscription which was due to expire in 100 days. Vote with your wallet. Any recommendations for a new VPN provider?
I recommend AirVPN. They're very reliable and run by activist hackers. I've heard good things about Mullvad too.
Re: PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
ProtonVPN, I use them for email as well. They got in a bit of hot water for helping with the legal case for one of their users, but generally I like to think that if I'm not committing any crimes I'll be ok, come what may.
You also technically don't have to give your real information to a VPN provider.
It could potentially be a violation of Terms of Service to provide a false identity to any provider of any given set of services, but I guess you're technically right.