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		cool_scatter on Sept 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ExpressVPN employees complain about ex-spy's top r... > At best, you replace trusting your ISP with trusting a different group of unknown people with similar motivations. I'm not sure what country you live in, but in the US, all the big ISPs might as well be run by the government, at least when talking about privacy. Private VPN companies are far more trustworthy, all else being equal.

0xdeadb00f on Sept 26, 2021 [–]

> Private VPN companies are far more trustworthy, all else being equal.

How? I don't see how being a VPN company as opposed to an ISP makes a difference in regards government seizure or request of logs.

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