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> Mullvad VPN is here to stay, and we are not interested in ever selling it Yeah we don't want another Kape Technologies acquisition[0]. Kape already own Cyber
by legrande 5y ago
> Mullvad VPN is here to stay, and we are not interested in ever selling it
Yeah we don't want another Kape Technologies acquisition[0]. Kape already own Cyberghost, PrivateInternetAccess and Zenmate. If they bought Mullvad, I would immediately stop using Mullvad since Kape is Israeli and could possibly be tapped by Mossad (I keep an open mind about that however).
[0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn-as-part-of-a-936-million-deal/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/kape-technol...
- pgrote 5y agoKape also just bought Expressvpn. https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/expressvpn-joining-kape/ https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/expressvpn-joining-kape/ It was a bummer to see the news.
- MentatOnMelange 5y agoWow, I had no idea. I was a longtime PIA user, guess its time to switch again. My only issue with Mullvad is netflix blocks them (potential irony there).
- RealStickman_ 5y agoSome servers used to work for me last time I tried. (It has been a while though)
- yonig 5y agoHBO as well
- aorth 5y agoAh wow, and ExpressVPN was also recently in the news because their CIO was one of three former U.S. intelligence operatives who "illegally helped the United Arab Emirates hack people". https://twitter.com/josephmenn/status/1437885720169836544 https://twitter.com/josephmenn/status/1437885720169836544
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> don't want another Kape Technologies acquisition Purely for schadenfreude, do we have any evidence the volume of leavers was meaningful?
- crowbahr 5y agoThey definitely don't post about it. I closed my account with PIA right after the sellout was announced. I received several emails with form letters about Kape actually being really dedicated to privacy and you can totally trust them buying PIA. Made me think that they took a noticeable hit.
- MentatOnMelange 5y agoThey began offering much more generous deals on PIA after the aquisition, so I'm guessing enough people left for it to affect their bottom line.
- deadalus 5y agoMullvad is located in Sweden(14 eyes, xkeyscore).
- samsari 5y agoSÄPO is not the Mossad
- sodality2 5y agoSÄPO would comply with fourteen eyes directives, no? Is that not what 14 eyes membership implies?
- mike_d 5y agoNo, that isn't what membership implies. It is a cooperation and data sharing agreement, it doesn't unify countries intelligence agencies across borders. For example GE makes engines for Boeing airplanes. They may have a cooperative agreement and mutual non-disclosure agreements that allow engineers and designers to share engine attachment and airframe details freely, but that doesn't mean GE employees have access to information on the radio headsets.
- jeltz 5y agoI do not think it is SÄPO you need to worry about, it is FRA who does most spying.
- Kiro 5y agoI believe the whole reason for this post is because Kape just bought ExpressVPN.
- sneak 5y agoYou should assume your VPN provider is tapped regardless of who owns it or what jurisdiction it is in. The fiber runs right out of the building. You use a VPN to obscure your client IP from websites and app backends, not government mass surveillance.
- xvector 5y agoI don't know why you'd give an Israeli tech firm the benefit of the doubt. The country's tech industry is literally surveillance. Kape is not just "possibly" a surveillance operation, it 100% definitely is.