Mobile VPN security is not as strong as advertised, research suggests (techxplore.com)

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Many digital users rely on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to combat security threats, allowing the application to view, intercept and handle all user traffic in return for hiding identifying information from third parties. Yet a new mobile VPN security testing framework—MVPNalyzer—found many popular VPNs breach user trust, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study.

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[-] redsand@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Nord is 3rd rate. They had a data mining scandal that got burried a few years back. Try mullvad or cryptostorm

[-] anise@awful.systems 1 points 1 day ago

mullvad donated 5 million to a far-right party, I don't really know any great alternatives unfortunately but use airvpn via wireguard

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

A founder but not the company. Unfortunate but they're still likely better than most

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