SpyVPN: The Google-Featured VPN That Secretly Captures Your Screen | Koi Blog
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FreeVPN.One, a Chrome-verified extension with over 100K installs, claimed to offer privacy but instead captured users’ screens. Our research exposes how it operated.

Most people turn to a VPN for one reason: privacy. And with its verified badge, featured placement, and 100k+ installs, FreeVPN.One looked like a safe choice. But once it’s in your browser, it’s not working to keep you safe, it’s continuously watching you.

  • Gloria@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    9 months ago

    And now I’m gonna blow your mind, the perfect cover: Paid VPN … AND … selling users data. The perfect crime. Who would think a paid service would sell your data? You tried fishing for victims by offering free VPN to sell their data? Have you tried ask for 5 dollars a month and become the cheapest VPN on the market? Double your income and spend 2 third on every youtube video ad and podcast ad to get even more rich!

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      its why the research part is important. the ones that dont for example may have appeared in court for a hearing by some body of government and had nothing to show in court.

      also keep in mind, privacy from government and privacy from corportations can be two seperate usecases. the people who want privacy from government tend to avoid five/nine/fourteen eye hosted servers. ones who want privacy from corporations (usually piracy) only care that the vpn in question does not forward C&D/reveal adress to corporate, or keep logs(as well as support port fowarding)

      a paid vpn of course can also sell data. so do dillgence on choice.