Posts on the inner workings of Virtual Private Networks.
Dutch authorities seized a Windscribe VPN server without a warrant and told the company they'd return it after analysis. Windscribe disclosed the incident publicly on X. Dutch police have issued no statement and referenced no judicial warrant.
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The UK House of Lords voted to ban VPN services for anyone under 18. The age verification required puts Britain on the same policy path as China, Russia, and Iran
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Cisco customers were hit by a China-linked zero-day exploit and a separate VPN brute-force campaign within days, exposing persistent edge security failures.
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A new peer reviewed study shows enormous VPN brands lying about ownership, hard coding encryption keys, and quietly piping user data through insecure tunnels. The rot is systemic and it has been hidden behind Singapore shell companies and marketing gloss.
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US states are pushing bills that punish VPN use and force websites to expose users. It looks a lot more like authoritarian censorship than child protection.
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WireGuard stripped VPNs back to what matters, modern cryptograpy, tiny attack surface, insane speed, and zero legacy baggage. Here is why we built Blackout on top of it.
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