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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] 24 points 4 months ago (6 children)

and is part of Kape Technologies an israeli company... Same as PIA, ExpressVPN and some more

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  • [+] -6 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    Cyber Ghost is a company from Bucharest and Germany, not from Israel

    Founded in 2011 in Bucharest, Romania, CyberGhost is the creator of one of the world's most reliable privacy and security solutions in the world. The company secures and anonymizes the online presence of millions of customers across the globe. CyberGhost defends privacy as a basic human right, being the first in the industry to publish a transparency report while building new user-oriented crypto-technology for the future.

    The CyberGhost team is currently formed of over 70 professionals with a strong background in the IT field, based both in Romania and in Germany, the latter being responsible for most of the software development. With both teams united by a common credo for internet anonymity, CyberGhost is a major supporter and promoter of civil rights, a free society and an uncensored internet culture.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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  • [+] -11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I tthink it is not so important which company bought another, if the other remain in control over their policy and headquarters. Kape is a global privacy-first digital security software provider company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Kape (and thus all of the VPNs they have purchased) is owned by Ted Saggi, an Israeli billionaire.

    And yes, they are legally headquartered in London, but how meaningful is that? There's hundreds of US companies that are headquartered into a handful of buildings in Delaware for legal and tax reasons. Their "development center" is based in Tel Aviv.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Cyberghost is wholly owned by kape, formerly crossrider, which was founded by veterans of Israeli unit 8200 (the cyberwarfare one!) and started out as a vendor of data harvesting middleware used by browser extensions.

    The wisdom of sending today’s troubled teens to voorhees summer camp is hotly debated

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