- Jun 6, 2017
- 470
VPN services have become very propular in recent years and I know that many posters on this forum use them.
However, what do we really know about people and organisations behind the commercial VPNs ? Can we really trust them with our data ? Do they keep their promises and who is checking ?
It has been speculated (on some other forums) that the security services of some countries may be behind some of these companies. Chinese and Israeli intelligence services are commonly mentioned, although I don't think there is any real evidence of this.
Furthermore, I do notice that some VPN providers are not very clear about their ownership. Take for example SurfShark, which is a VPN service that gets generally good reviews and is becoming popular. If you look around their website you see very little verifiable information about who they actually are. And why should we believe what they say anyway ? I take SurfShark as one example but there are many others that are equally elusive.
Has there been any detailed research into this issue ? How much of a concern is this ?
I am beginning to think that some of the better VPNs might be those run by established security companies (F-Secure Freedome for example). Whilst we don't know what they are doing with our data either, at least we have a better idea about who we are dealing with.
However, what do we really know about people and organisations behind the commercial VPNs ? Can we really trust them with our data ? Do they keep their promises and who is checking ?
It has been speculated (on some other forums) that the security services of some countries may be behind some of these companies. Chinese and Israeli intelligence services are commonly mentioned, although I don't think there is any real evidence of this.
Furthermore, I do notice that some VPN providers are not very clear about their ownership. Take for example SurfShark, which is a VPN service that gets generally good reviews and is becoming popular. If you look around their website you see very little verifiable information about who they actually are. And why should we believe what they say anyway ? I take SurfShark as one example but there are many others that are equally elusive.
Has there been any detailed research into this issue ? How much of a concern is this ?
I am beginning to think that some of the better VPNs might be those run by established security companies (F-Secure Freedome for example). Whilst we don't know what they are doing with our data either, at least we have a better idea about who we are dealing with.