Exposed: How Israeli Spies Control Your VPN
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VPN is not really a security device. It is designed to let people log in to their work networks from home.
Instead of having to run a long cable between your office and your house it lets you use the Internet. To make sure your interactions cannot be spied on, the Internet messages are encrypted.
Now it is being marketed as a way of keeping your Internet use private so it attracts all the people with something to hide. If you were an agency interested in finding people with something to hide, where would you concentrate your efforts? On general users or those who are looking for extra secrecy?
Basically, VPN can be a honey trap.
You're on the right track, but consider this. If you were a spy agency, would you hack all the VPN traffic, or would you simply own the VPN company and just look at the traffic in the clear? Combine this with the fact that VPN service is laughably cheap (like $30/yr) and I've never had a rate increase and I think you have your answer.
Yes, owning the company that provides the VPN service is the way to go. The same applies to Internet security certificates. Why try to break the code when you can issue the certificates in the first place?
...you have a firm grasp of the situational reality...