Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose
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Encrypted VPN tunnels are ubiquitous in many industries for remote connection to private clouds. They are used by virtually every high functioning company in the world, and getting more common for mid and lower tier companies as well.

There's no real way to know if VPNs intended for the public are run the same as those intended for enterprise. Windows doesn't have a lot of the same BS in their enterprise versions that are in the personal ones. Even with the same software, it could just be a checkbox that the salesperson can check for big businesses with legal teams that read and enforce contracts.

I am thinking more in the vein of piracy or hacking not some business stuffs

Are you saying it's smarter to not use a VPN for piracy?

Maybe you can explain what you actually mean then, because I don't understand your point.

I would say those dollar-store VPN products people use for geo-spoofing is the worst security risk when it comes to VPNs. You are sending your data through some other company that you have no control or insight into. You have no idea what network security they employ, or whether they are willing or obligated to release your data to other parties.