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2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by askura »

KomoD wrote: post #45
askura wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to find it worked here and there for me (Shanghai Telecom, 4/5G was OK. Home didn't work). Shadowsocks worked well for me but then got janky - ended up using a local VPN for gaming and Windscribe for general browsing. For 3 sweet months I could run a AWS node and relay through that with awesome speeds but then that broke too. Ended up just with a residential IP and that solved everything til I left. There is o…

> Windscribe for general browsing. Do you work for / are affiliated with Windscribe?

Yeah I made the original map and the updated version, updating the suggestions from the thread now so if you have any by all means let me know and I'll add them.

I made this while in China: https://www.reddit.com/r/shanghai/comments/pp39xi/the_2021_c...

Was based there 4 years so got very familiar with the VPN scene over there so if you have any questions let me know! I found for gaming for example you can't beat local VPNs for latency. No western operation can compete with that.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by istjohn »

cisasteelersfan wrote: post #37

Why would I even want to use a VPN in the first place?

In no particular order:

1. To pirate content without getting sent threat letters or being sued

2. To prevent your ISP or the wifi access point or anyone else from seeing which domains you are connecting to and selling that data

3. To prevent government surveillance or blocking

4. To bypass corporate or institutional firewall rules

5. To prevent packet sniffers from snooping on public wifi

6. To prevent your parents, spouse, or relatives from seeing your browsing habbits in router logs

7. To access geo-locked content on streaming services

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by clsec »

I'm surprised that no one has said anything about the fact that this is put out by a VPN company!

I also could not find their name on the map. It doesn't mean that it's not there, I just couldn't find them. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

The only thing I find a VPN useful for is torrenting w/o your ISP knowing. In my case, I use Surfshark for torrenting so that Comcast can't send me any of those pesky letters.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by askura »

minimalist wrote: post #11

This is good! I will use this as a reference to share with friends and colleagues who ask me about XYZ VPN. I think something that is missing in the network of connections is Mozilla VPN. From what I understand, they are just a re-brand of Mullvad. There are other providers not listed, but finding a good VPN provider is kind of like finding a good watering hole--you don't want to spread the word too widely, else bad-…

I'm the author of the map and I'll get those updates on there now, the Mozilla node was actually hidden (as I need to update the corp info) and there's other corrections I'm making now.

If you have any other suggestions I'm more than happy to look into them and start getting them updated. This has been a passion project of my own for the past few years so I'm really grateful for any other feedback.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

cisasteelersfan wrote: post #37

Why would I even want to use a VPN in the first place?

Because your ISP is probably selling your browsing history to the highest bidder, and there are a legion of data brokers out there collating every scrap of information they can get their hands on to build profiles about you.

To everyone who shrugs, and says they have nothing to hide, Would you feel comfortable wearing a T shirt in public that went into grim detail about everything you'd rather keep private, are insecure about, or might open you up to discrimination? Would you be willing to wear that to a job interview? To your bank when getting a loan?

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by TheCaptain4815 »

capableweb wrote: post #47
TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #35

Aren’t VPNs much less useful unless they’re proven no-log VPN? I remember going down the rabbit hole and people online were skeptical unless the company had a proven FBI raid with no logs taken, haha.

> Aren’t VPNs much less useful unless they’re proven no-log VPN? That's basically saying that every VPN is "much less useful" as there is no 100% way of proving that it's no-log.

There were a few I recall (years ago, can't remember their name) that got raided by the FBI and it showed they had nothing to give the feds.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by alaxapta7 »

TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #35

Aren’t VPNs much less useful unless they’re proven no-log VPN? I remember going down the rabbit hole and people online were skeptical unless the company had a proven FBI raid with no logs taken, haha.

If no-log is a priority, you need Tor, not a VPN.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

coldtea wrote: post #15
BXlnt2EachOther wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sort of; proper political donations can be looked up https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress

Those are just the over the table tip of the iceberg ones...

I wish the donors of superpacs had to be disclosed.

Re: 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map

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Post by alaxapta7 »

clsec wrote: post #53

I'm surprised that no one has said anything about the fact that this is put out by a VPN company! I also could not find their name on the map. It doesn't mean that it's not there, I just couldn't find them. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The only thing I find a VPN useful for is torrenting w/o your ISP knowing. In my case, I use Surfshark for torrenting so that Comcast can't send me any of those pesky letters.

> w/o your ISP knowing

I'd be more concerned about everyone else: https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com

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