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NordVPN will now comply with law enforcement data requests
- nehal3m 4y agoI see the news value of the changed blog post and I appreciate the canary, but this does read like an ad for NordVPN.
- chrismeller 4y agoSeems like a valid thing to publicize, considering that even without logs they could be ordered to capture traffic for a specific client and that seems exactly like something the US would do. Edit: or ordered to redirect a certain customer to a specific server regardless of what they select since I assume most customers are using the Nord desktop and mobile app anyway.
- mikeortman 4y agoWell... not really. The no-logs policy is a bit misleading: “We are 100% committed to our zero-logs policy – to ensure users’ ultimate privacy and security, we never log their activity unless ordered by a court in an appropriate, legal way.” No need to route them to a specific server, a court could just ask NordVPN to log the person's traffic
- 3np 4y agoOh, but they could selectively reroute through specific endpoints without a court-order it seems?
- Gigachad 4y agoThat’s why I think Mullvad is best. The signup process has no email, you just hit signup and it gives you your account secret. You can then pay in a range of methods which do not identify you. Still not bulletproof but it’s better than most.
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoI can't help but think that VPN providers all eventually have to cave to law enforcement. If they don't, they will experience pressure from credit card processors, the same way that sex workers do and OnlyFans did.
- prvit 4y agoWhy? CC processors are not in cahoots with the cops.
- tb_technical 4y agoBut they are gatekeepers. Which are a morality police. And we're quickly aligning all the powerful interests in society to remove anonymity of any kind online.
- psychphysic 4y agoHere is the type of pressure they apply. PornHub already caved all that meant is more pressure came[0]. Hedge fund manager pokes credit card company to poke a consumer. [0] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-ackman-says-visa-tomorrow-225400319.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-ackman-says-visa-tomorro...
- prvit 4y agoVPNs will never be a popular issue like porn is.
- nunez 4y agoAll it takes is Square and Stripe preventing CC transactions from known VPN node IP addresses to de facto make that happen; they're like the Cloudflare of ecommerce
- prvit 4y agoThis has been the case for years already, nothing has happened.
- lakomen 4y agoWhat an annoying site. Even if you reject all and object all video still gets autoplayed. The only way to be sure no interception happens is not using VPN providers, but rent your own instances, which is of course a lot more expensive. I wonder if this couldn't be democratized, like an exchange where if I offer my traffic I receive credit to use another node's traffic, without having to pay a middleman like NordVPN.
- shapefrog 4y agoDid they not comply with the law before? > “NordVPN operates under the jurisdiction of Panama and will only comply with requests from foreign governments and law enforcement agencies if these requests are delivered according to laws and regulations.” I dont get why anyone thought that their VPN provider would go to jail for them for $8 a month (use code PAID-SHILL at checkout to get 50% off for a limited time).