>What if I told you that a lot of these "VPN providers" were shell companies built to explicitly facilitate access and tools for crime / espionage with the prem

>What if I told you that a lot of these "VPN providers" were shell companies built to explicitly facilitate access and tools for crime / espionage with the premise of having users there as cover. Interesting. I mean, Tor was was originally developed by the Navy as an OSINT tool, and later released because an "anonymity" network only used by the Navy isn't very useful. More and more often non-state actors are doing what used to be in the purview of intelligence services, so it passes the sniff test. But without specific evidence all I'll say is "plausible, but unconfirmed" :)