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Private Internet Access

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This seems kind of bad...

Came here for the list of VPNs Israeli companies control. Edit: Thank you. Cancelled PIA.

negativepositiv in r/WhitePeopleTwitter

September 26, 2025 1:01 PM

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Keep yourselves safe from these services and those who sponsor them

Don‘t support: ExpressVPN CyberGhost Private Internet Access (PIA) ZenMate Hotspot Shield Betternet Touch VPN

ilm911 in r/israelexposed

September 28, 2025 8:20 PM

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Someone doesn't understand HTTPS in 2026

Well, PIA, ExpressVPN and Cyber Ghost are all owned by the same company. The same company that was well-known for distributing malware and adware before their rebrand in 2018.

OldPollution6632 in r/masterhacker

May 4, 2026 2:08 PM

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Israeli cybersecurity firm buys ExpressVPN for close to $1b

Private Internet Access is also owned by Israel, use Mullvad. Edit: "Israeli firm buys Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN raising privacy concerns" December 9th, 2019 https://hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sold-israel-privacy-concerns/

Blurple694201 in r/suppressed_news

September 9, 2025 4:55 PM

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Best VPN Service Available Right Now?

This may or may not matter to you but I have always loved PIA until 2019 when they were purchased by the Israeli firm Kape. I went digging to find an alternative and it turns out Kape also owns ExpressVPN and CyberGhost. Now I stick with Switzerland-based Proton since I don’t want to support Israel

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wheresmyflan in r/HomeNetworking

April 8, 2026 4:47 PM

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The EU could be scanning your private chats by October 2025 [Denmark has reintroduced chat control]

proton just announced 4 days ago that they are suspending further investments in switzerland due to a potential change in privacy laws that would require logs. express is owned by kape technolgoies, a shady company of israeli origin headquartered in the privacy loving UK. They also own cyberghost, P

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vargvikernes666 in r/europe

July 29, 2025 10:28 AM

115

What's the best vpn for linux right now?

Personal VIew mix with professional testing (my business does audits) Top ones I would personally use on Linux Mullvad - Best combination of true privacy, service, and cost Mozilla (uses Mullvad servers) Proton would be higher if it had feature parity with the Windows client. Ones I would personally

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0riginal-Syn in r/linuxquestions

December 11, 2025 5:52 PM

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"Anyone who criticizes us is our enemy. We will monitor you with Google, find your weaknesses, get you fired... if you have a business, we will bankrupt it.

Anything owned by Kape, including ExpressVPN, PIA and Cyberghost, is compromised by Israel. I use ProtonVPN, majority-owned by a non-profit in Switzerland.

EverybodyKurts in r/MeidasTouch

April 13, 2026 4:40 PM

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This seems kind of bad...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hanslak_israeli-firms-now-control-8-major-vpn-companies-activity-7376987188263178241-CWKp The “8 major VPN companies” claim likely aggregates brands under two key players: Kape Technologies (4 major VPNs) and Aura (formerly Pango Group, an Israeli software firm; 4 more

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AmusingMusing7 in r/WhitePeopleTwitter

September 26, 2025 1:20 PM

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Je viens de recevoir un avertissement !

ERRATUM: NordVPN n'appartient PAS à Kape Technologies, groupe fondé par un Israélien et propriétaire d'ExpressVPN, Cyberghost, NordVPN et PIA. Kape Technologies s'appellait avant Crossrider, et distribuait du malware israélien caché dans ses logiciels, la probabilité qu'il y en ait dans les clients

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AliasDepletion in r/FrancePirate

February 18, 2026 1:02 PM

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