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VPN. AKA Man in the middle attack
by Angostura 3y ago
VPN. AKA Man in the middle attack
- mdp2021 3y agoWhat do you mean?
- IshKebab 3y agoHe means VPNs can perform MitM attacks against you. It's not a realistic risk though (as long as you use a well known provider) because a) the reputational cost would probably destroy them so they have a very strong incentive not to do that, and b) most traffic is encrypted these days anyway. There's not much you can MitM even if you are in the middle.
- Angostura 3y agoI mean, if I was a well funded security agency, I'd absolutely poor lots of money into setting up a well-known VPN provider with an excellent reputation - wouldn't you?
- 1letterunixname 3y agoI don't understand the logic of the GP's armchair speculation. VPNs would lose business if they did shady shit such as data modification. While torrents are hashed but not signed, in-flight modification of torrent files and torrent data themselves would require a level sophistication but, again, there wouldn't be any motivation for VPN providers to do this.
- kelnos 3y agoThat's... not what a MitM is. A VPN provider can't get any more information about your traffic than your ISP can. Given that most ISPs are pretty scummy, I don't see a material difference, even with a fairly shady VPN provider. Having said that, I trust the VPN provider I occasionally use way more than I trust my ISP.
- t0bia_s 3y agoStill you talk about trust. It's just a feeling. Not much relevant to what is more secure or not.