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What do you mean?

• IshKebab 3y ago
  He 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 ago
    I 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 ago
    I 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.