Social media users are calling for the mass cancellation of ExpressVPN subscriptions after it was revealed that a cybersecurity firm with Israeli ties owns the popular privacy service.
In 2021, The Times of Israel reported that Kape Technologies, a British-Israeli digital security company, acquired ExpressVPN, one of the world’s largest virtual private network (VPN) providers, for nearly $1bn.
The calls for cancellation intensified after social media users began circulating information about Teddy Sagi, the Israeli billionaire and owner of Kape Technologies. Many shared that in 2023, as reported by The Jerusalem Post, Sagi donated $1m to transport soldiers during the Israeli war on Gaza.
I expect this scenario to repeat several times in the coming months/years. Willing to bet the “clean” ones are all infected with mossad spyware as well. Using a VPN makes you a target rather than helping you stay anonymous nowadays.
How about using an open source and audited one with a good track record? That would most certainly be better that letting your ISP see all your traffic
Mullvad.
Mullvad is a great example. They also have created numerous anti censorship techniques and work with Obscura for even more privacy
On a related note, this story from 2024:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/facebooks-onavo-vpn-used-to-wiretap-competitor-data-court-filings-reveal
I mean, if you’re using Facebook as your VPN provider I don’t know what to tell you.