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What? Who said its white labeled nordVPN?
by jacooper 4y ago
What? Who said its white labeled nordVPN?
- hammock 4y agoIt's a rabbithole, and you might not be personally satisfied with the standard of evidence. Regardless, every other VPN has some evidence of partnering with some combination of state actors, data brokers, ad networks, or unexplained unnecessary compromising requirements etc. Mullvad has no such substantiated allegations against it. There are many VPN services that begin by reselling white-label VPN solutions, such as provided by NordVPN,[1] because it's cheaper and easier than building your own globally distributed high-capacity, low-latency network. Many suspect Proton VPN did so[2]. [1]https://nordvpn.com/white-label/ https://nordvpn.com/white-label/ (old link, can't find an archived version of the page) [2]https://archive.is/iZ2l2 https://archive.is/iZ2l2
- mardifoufs 4y agoWhich oddly enough, circle back to a comment chain between a PIA and a Protonvpn employee, here on HN. It's far fetched but it seems like there is some corroborating evidence. https://archive.is/1vaZ8 https://archive.is/1vaZ8 Even though, to me, it seems like a LOT of trouble since tons of services have managed to roll out a VPN product without resorting to white labelling Nordvpn
- jibcage 4y agoI’m going to reply in this thread, since I’m probably the employee you’re referring to. I would like to reiterate that this is completely untrue and borders on disinformation. ProtonVPN maintains its own VPN infrastructure, and we take our commitment to user privacy very seriously. It shouldn’t be surprising that the VPN space is a very competitive market, and certain people have a vested interest in defaming certain VPN providers, especially among a technical audience.