Tael 🔜 AC262d ago

Ok, just to sum it up for those following along at home:
NordVPN: confidence scam, the Raid: Shadow Legends of VPNs
Surfshark: owned by NordVPN
Mozilla VPN: reseller of Mullvad
Tailscale: partners with Mullvad
ExpressVPN: Israeli
Private Internet Access: ditto
ZenMate VPN: ditto
CyberGhost VPN: ditto
Windscribe: edgy branding, transphobic, uses slurs on social media
ProtonVPN: sponsors French fascists
MullvadVPN: donates millions to Swedish fascists

am I missing any?

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https://njal.la
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Show threadAisling
@tael while im aware of the awfulness of all of the rest, the only thing I know about NordVPN is that they sponsor youtubers to a suspicious degree. How are they a confidence scam?
Jun 27 at 3:35pmWeb
Show threadAisling1d ago
@tael I’ve tried to nose about what their story is a few times over the years, but never found anything
Show threadTael 🔜 AC261d ago
@Lingmops They are terrible from a privacy perspective (joint ownership of NordVPN and Oxylabs, conflict of interest), they lie about what the use case for a VPN is (to the point they have gotten in trouble with the courts), they blow tons of money on marketing (never a good signal for a VPN), and they have previously been breached multiple times.
Show threadJustDude 🙋🏻‍♂️🫶🏼🕊️36m ago
@tael @Lingmops I read nord uses clients computers as end point at some occasions. How bad can you go?