This view is probably a little too cynical. Are some providers honeypots? Sure. But I'd wager that most no-log VPN providers are earnest in their claims and int

This view is probably a little too cynical. Are some providers honeypots? Sure. But I'd wager that most no-log VPN providers are earnest in their claims and intent. The problem, of course, is that, as Proton demonstrated, any "no log" provider can be compelled to begin logging for a specific customer by any random corrupt privacy-hating judge. I am a huge fan of technical solutions to tyranny, but what we need is a VPN provider that provides a jurisdictional solution. Set up the operating corporation in a Non-FVEY jurisdiction with no MLAT, and run all your edge nodes in colos where you install your own hardware with tamper detection switches. That way, when the Feeb decides to make you an Enemy Of The State, there's no local judge or LEO required to follow an MLAT request, and when they try to go after the edge node providers that are in their jurisdiction, any attempt to tamper with the box will just brick the device. At that point, the only real option left is for the CIA to smear the country's leader as a "dictator" and covertly fund a coup.