I've always assumed that commercial VPN service providers were intelligence agency fronts. One only has to look back on the CIA's Swiss front company[1] selling

I've always assumed that commercial VPN service providers were intelligence agency fronts. One only has to look back on the CIA's Swiss front company[1] selling encryption equipment for decades[2] to our supposed allies to become sufficiently cynical. I assume similar Wikipedia entries will appear in the future about some, if not most of today's VPN providers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rubicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rubicon