I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are all too real.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/free-vpn-chrome-extension-spying-on-users
#privacy #vpn #security
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burnitdown@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y
@omgubuntu@floss.social one big reason why "use a VPN" isn't necessarily the best idea, especially if you don't know what a VPN can be nor how one works.
empathicqubit@mastodon.de · 1 pts · 1y
@omgubuntu@floss.social
Maybe they need to buy pulp-free
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AdamBishop@floss.social · 1 pts · 1y
@omgubuntu@floss.social Thanks Joey! I hear VPN usage in the UK is exploding 😳 ... especially by young people, who'll be more motivated to try free ones! 🫣
omgubuntu@floss.social · 1 pts · 1y
@AdamBishop Indeed, and being a UK site, with a sizeable % of UK readers, many of whom (from past reader surveys) I know skew younger (uni students, etc), I felt I'd /maybe/ be doing a bit of a public service in covering this. If only to remind people to be cautious. 😅.
AdamBishop@floss.social · 1 pts · 1y
@omgubuntu@floss.social 👏
ericdere@mastodon.nl · 1 pts · 1y
@omgubuntu@floss.social Man in the middle as a service