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Kape buys VPN provider ExpressVPN for $936m
- slygent 5y agoOne big mistake in the article: ExpressVPN is in no sense a "US company". It is officially headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, but its operations are run by Chengbao Limited in Hong Kong, which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 2008 https://crhk.guru/company/chengbao-limited-1251650 https://crhk.guru/company/chengbao-limited-1251650
- vmoore 5y agoKape is also the parent company of Cyberghost: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-is-kape-technologies-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-parent-company-of-cyberghost-vpn/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-is-kape...
- slygent 5y agoAnd Zenmate, and PIA... https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-to-be-acquired-by-kape/ https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-to-be-acqui...
- vmoore 5y agoWow. Impressive portfolio. Is there anything to be concerned since Kape is Israeli? Ties to Mossad?
- slygent 5y agoFirst, don't trust any commercial VPN. The majority shareholder of Kape is Teddy Sagi. The Wikipedia article about him is here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sagi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sagi. YMMV.