Popular Chrome VPN exposed - spies on users

[Dopious]

Over 100,000 users may have been affected and sent screenshots to an unknown location.

Security firm Koi Security has revealed that the Chrome extension FreeVPN.One , with over 100,000 installations, was secretly taking screenshots of all websites visited by its users, sending the images to a domain controlled by the extension's anonymous developer.

Source: https://www.koi.security/blog/spyvpn-the-vpn-that-secretly-captures-your-screen

Luckily I don't use it, how about you, what VPN do mostly use?

 

[t2van]

Didn't something come out last week about ALL VPNS are not as secure as people think or they claim. That they all track and monitor exactly what you are doing? I'm sure it was something like that..

 

[Rem]

i mean
isn't that pretty standard for "free vpns" ?

 

[SilverClouds]

You wanted free, you have free

 

[Aristocratic]

Who would have thought!

 

[Venusaur]

When something is free, you are the product

 

[Aristocratic]

When something is free, you are the product

I wanted to comment this first but then i found out the company origin lol

 

[ggmopa]

Didn't something come out last week about ALL VPNS are not as secure as people think or they claim. That they all track and monitor exactly what you are doing? I'm sure it was something like that..

Most of the big players here: Express, PIA, Cyberghost and so on... are owned by a single company that is run by an ex-mossad guy.

When something is free, you are the product

And if ou're paying 3 dollars a month for someone to completely protect your privacy because they 'pinkie promised' they would, you're still probably the product

 

[t2van]

Most of the big players here: Express, PIA, Cyberghost and so on... are owned by a single company that is run by an ex-mossad

You blaming Jews?

 

[ggmopa]

You blaming Jews?

Not at all. Why do you think Mossad represent's the Jewish faith??

 

[t2van]

Not at all. Why do you think Mossad represent's the Jewish faith??

Are they pro blacks then? Or whites?

Isn't Mossad the Israeli secret service?

Or it's limited to Christmas only thst I wasn't aware?

 

[ggmopa]

Are they pro blacks then? Or whites?

Isn't Mossad the Israeli secret service?

Or it's limited to Christmas only thst I wasn't aware?

Yeah, but I think saying Mossad represents Jews is like saying the CIA and MI6 represents Christmas Carol singers and Easter Egg hunts

 

[t2van]

Yeah, but I think saying Mossad represents Jews is like saying the CIA and MI6 represents Christmas Carol singers and Easter Egg hunts

Mossad is Jews tho. They won't go killing people to save me.

Because I got flap on my cock. Plus I don't wear hat, collext jewellery etc

CIA won't care either as I not American.

MI6... Maybe but doubt full. Probably be better for gov to let me die than save me. I'm fine with that.


Mossad is 100% pro jew / Isreal first and that's fine wish all gov acted like that. They don't at least Israel looks after it's own above all else

 

[ggmopa]

Mossad is Jews tho. They won't go killing people to save me.

Because I got flap on my cock. Plus I don't wear hat, collext jewellery etc

CIA won't care either as I not American.

MI6... Maybe but doubt full. Probably be better for gov to let me die than save me. I'm fine with that.


Mossad is 100% pro jew / Isreal first and that's fine wish all gov acted like that. They don't at least Israel looks after it's own above all else

Do you reckon it's as black and white as this? Their have been protests - massive protestd against Netanyahu across the entire country. I don't think Netanyhau administration stands for the people of Israel anymore than the Lords of our parliament who are all white and one hundred percent anglican stand for the people of the uk. They serve themselves imho.

Back to the subject of public VPNs though, don't know what's happening with your trsffic one it reaches their sefvers. Nor is there any reaosns to trust their 'zero-log' ram only server setups. There's no such thing as zero log, you can minimise it, but there will still always be some degree of logging on hardwares. Again, why trust they are logging things minimally. Most of these company's operate well out of the reach of anything like GDPR or any real privacy law at all form what i've gathered so who is even going to stop them decrypting and storing and even selling your data to governments or the highest bidders?

 

[polecat]

Free vpns make you become the product so not surprised this happened .

If you can't afford vpns just use Tor right.

Vpn I use be MullVad

 

[payal23j]

Free VPN mean you are free to work publicly without expecting security.
Your hardwork is free to work on.

 

[ggmopa]

Free vpns make you become the product so not surprised this happened .

If you can't afford vpns just use Tor right.

Vpn I use be MullVad

I don't use it personally, but if you use Tor Lokinet is another service worth checking out

 

[polecat]

I don't use it personally, but if you use Tor Lokinet is another service worth checking out

I see thanks for the tip give it a try once I finish of reprogramming a toughbook.