Research Exposes Deceptive VPN Providers Linked to Chinese PLA, Risking 700 Million Users
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Summary
New research reveals that eight popular commercial VPN providers hide their ownership and operations, with serious privacy and security issues affecting over 700 million users. Three providers are linked to the Chinese PLA, and evidence suggests a Chinese national owns all eight, putting users at risk of authoritarian surveillance.
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· 4 pulledeight providers of popular, commercial VPN applications appear to hide the ownership and operations of their services
contain serious privacy and security issues that put more than 700 million users at risk of authoritarian surveillance
Three of these providers are linked to the PLA and there is evidence that a Chinese national owns all eight
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are critical security and privacy infrastructure used by people globally
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