A considerable chunk of the VPN market — including three of the six most popular VPNs — is quietly operated by an Israeli-owned company with close connections to Israel's national security state, including the elite Unit 8200 and Duvdevan Units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/288259/

Using a VPN hides even this information from your ISP, by shifting the trust you place in your network to a server somewhere else in the world. As a result, the ISP then only sees that you are connected to a VPN and nothing about the activity that you're passing through it.

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/vpn-overview/

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to VPNs. Just like email, there are many VPN services out there and you should choose the service that works best for you. Depending on which one you choose, you can benefit from an increased level of security when connected to networks you wouldn’t ordinarily trust. But this means you're placing your trust in the VPN.

https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

If you listen to any podcast long enough, you will almost certainly hear an advertisement for a Virtual Private Network (VPN). These advertisements usually assert that a VPN is the only tool you need to stop cyber criminals, malware, government surveillance, and online tracking. But these advertisements vastly oversell the benefits of VPNs. The reality is that VPNs are mainly useful for one thing: routing your network connection through a different network.

Read the article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/wider-view-tunnelvision-and-vpn-advice

Snowstorm is a decentralized, censorship resistant VPN based on the Tor Project's Snowflake protocol. Instead of connecting to a commercial VPN provider, whose IPs can easily be blocked in times of censorship, Snowstorm connects users to the computers of other people. In Snowflake, peers, who act as proxies, connect to the Internet via a Tor entry node. Snowstorm removes the need for the Tor network letting peers connect directly, making the connection much faster.

Learn more: https://mashable.com/article/snowstorm-beta-launch-anti-censorship-vpn-snowflake-tor

Download: https://snowstorm.net/

We don’t ask for any personal info – not even your email – and we encourage anonymous payments with cash or cryptocurrency. Your privacy is your privacy which is why we don’t log your activity. Our long-term goal is to not even store payment details. We request independent audits of our app and infrastructure to provide transparency and improve our security practices.

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