I'll save you the trouble of ctrl+f'ing: "We’d like to thank you for being part of the journey so far, and we look forward to sharing more about our plans in the coming weeks." https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
TunnelBear Joins McAfee
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Stop using commercial VPN providers. What would you recommend, BYO?
For BYO, you might consider Algo VPN https://github.com/trailofbits/algo -- it gets IPSec right -- or, if you're feeling more bleeding-edge, WireGuard.
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#83This is the opposite of privacy and you should be ashamed. You sold all of your customers’ info to Intel/McAfee at a price.
I don’t believe intel owns mcafee anymore.
They mostly don't. They sold 51% of it to another firm, but still own 49%.
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#84RIP marketing department budget at Linus Tech Tips
That was my first thought too, I hope Linus will talk about it at some point. They seem transparent and upfront about their income.
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#85I don’t understand why people used them they didn’t had an explicit no logging no retention policy and they are located well within the reach of the US legal system as they were a Canadian company.
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#86I don't know what all you Tunnelbear users were thinking. Do you believe other commercial VPN services are doing a better job of protecting your privacy? Spoiler: they are not. Commercial VPN services offer the safety of coffee shop open wi-fi, in The Cloud, from the convenience of your own couch. Stop using commercial VPN providers. Honestly, at least now they have the McAfee security team working for them. There ar…
At the very least, don't use the free ones.
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#87This is the opposite of privacy and you should be ashamed. You sold all of your customers’ info to Intel/McAfee at a price.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
To add insult to injury, they collected tens of thousands of dollars in Q3 and Q4 of 2017 from the National Research Council of Canada: $45,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/LOakjNa8v3uKlv... $20,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/gk2Mb423DZh69n... $20,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/wkBxj3BzKrhwr6...
I don't know why exactly, but that really pisses me off. I'd love to see the Feds go after them for that money, but I doubt Mr. Dress-up or his government would ever do such a thing.
Sure, you might not like the ethics of their behaviour, but that has nothing to do with those grants.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Stop using commercial VPN providers. What would you recommend, BYO?
For BYO, you might consider Algo VPN https://github.com/trailofbits/algo -- it gets IPSec right -- or, if you're feeling more bleeding-edge, WireGuard.
Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Stop using commercial VPN providers. What would you recommend, BYO?
For BYO, you might consider Algo VPN https://github.com/trailofbits/algo -- it gets IPSec right -- or, if you're feeling more bleeding-edge, WireGuard.