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       Hong Kong VPN Services Found to Log Connections and Leak User Data

   Josh Centers

   Security researchers at vpnMentor have [1]discovered that seven VPN
   services based in Hong Kong that promised to not record logs and
   protect user privacy were, in fact, keeping logs and leaking user
   information. A single open database server contained information on
   over 20 million users of those services, including names, passwords,
   email addresses, and home addresses. The seven services are UFO VPN,
   FAST VPN, Free VPN, Super VPN, Flash VPN, Secure VPN, and Rabbit VPN.

   VPN services often sell themselves as a silver bullet for privacy, but
   in reality, all you're doing is sending your Internet traffic through
   the VPN service instead of through your ISP. That may be best if your
   ISP is slimy or if you're in a compromised situation, like using an
   unsecured Wi-Fi network or working in an unfriendly country. But in the
   end, when connecting to the public Internet, you have to trust
   somebody.

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