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This certificate is used by Ivacy VPN, and the hackers&#x27; target is the gambling industry in Southeast Asia.&quot;<p>Honestly, what&#x27;s your use case?","created_at":"2023-08-30T16:51:19Z","created_at_i":1693414279,"objectID":"37324988","parent_id":37324811,"story_id":37324202,"story_title":"2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map","story_url":"https://windscribe.com/vpnmap","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:59:02Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Havoc"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["ivacy"],"value":"Paying for protonmail anyway and they seem reputable to me so protonvpn<p>Also have a <em>ivacy</em> one kicking around but don't use it"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Investigating Influencer VPN Ads on YouTube [pdf]"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/vpn-ads-oakland22.pdf"}},"_tags":["comment","author_Havoc","story_30635989"],"author":"Havoc","comment_text":"Paying for protonmail anyway and they seem reputable to me so protonvpn<p>Also have a ivacy one kicking around but don&#x27;t use it","created_at":"2022-03-11T09:55:15Z","created_at_i":1646992515,"objectID":"30638129","parent_id":30636586,"story_id":30635989,"story_title":"Investigating Influencer VPN Ads on YouTube [pdf]","story_url":"https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/vpn-ads-oakland22.pdf","updated_at":"2024-09-20T10:41:28Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Brajeshwar"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["ivacy"],"value":"What VPN Providers do you suggest?<p>I would not like to &quot;just&quot; fire up a digitalocean, AWS or a Raspberry pi. Something reliable enough for a daily driver, no-logging, and a speedier experience from a user in a corner in India.<p>I have used ExpressVPN but then they exited. I had the opportunity to used ClearVPN for a while, OK but too many bells and whistles. I think I also got <em>IVACY</em> in some discount sale for 5-years. This one just kinda works and I might actually stick to this if nothing bad happens.<p>I had had tried Mullvad for a few months but was slow from India (2020-ish).<p>I'm not worried and am not hiding anything from any country's 3-letter institutes. 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Objectively, a basic eyeball comparison (match bullet point indexes):<p>Mullvad:<p>- Says &quot;Not using Mullvad&quot; &#x2F; &quot;Using Mullvad&quot; (a neutral statement)<p>- Shows their company address and registered location at the bottom of every page<p>- No on-page analytics<p>- No third party includes<p>- One price<p>NordVPN:<p>- &quot;Your Status: Unprotected&quot;<p>- &quot;Copyright NordVPN.com&quot; only<p>- Multiple on-page analytics and third parties<p>- Loads google tag manager, google analytics, bing marketing, youtube, third party web surveys, zendesk, twitter ad pixel, google ads, bing, cloudflare, ada chatbot, ravenjs, processout, multiple fingerprinting and persistent device identification&#x2F;tracking services (also performs webgl&#x2F;font iteration&#x2F;plugin iteration&#x2F;canvas fingerprinting, etc)<p>- Repeated upsells, lying to you about price (see JS for fake &quot;sale ends in x seconds&quot; countdown timers that attempt to induce FOMO and more), packed with dark patterns; &quot;9 hours left easter special TODAY ONLY&quot; - same sale that has been running for years","created_at":"2021-03-31T17:51:08Z","created_at_i":1617213068,"objectID":"26650546","parent_id":26650410,"story_id":26645876,"story_title":"Latest Mozilla VPN features","story_url":"https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/03/30/latest-mozilla-vpn-features-keep-your-data-safe/","updated_at":"2024-09-20T08:15:24Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"brigandish"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["ivacy"],"value":"&gt; disabling xhr is not possible<p>uMatrix can do it, I'm sure there are others<p>&gt; fetch<p>fetch is a Javascript API and covered by uMatrix's XHR setting[1].<p>&gt; web rct<p>That can be disabled[2] and is also covered by uMatrix's XHR setting.<p>&gt; iframes<p>Can be blocked in several ways, including the aformentioned uMatrix.<p>&gt; At worst, this gives online tracking companies yet another tool in their toolbox<p>At worst CSS in the browser has had a CVE[3] and OWASP has some attacks[4] that seem old, but you know which of these have been fixed by all the browser vendors you use, right? Perhaps you've read this paper[5] on <i>scriptless attacks</i> and you know that all of these have been mitigated?<p>&gt; The surprising result is that an attacker can also abuse Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in combination with other Web techniques like plain HTML, inactive SVG images or font files. Through several case studies, we introduce the so called scriptless attacks and demonstrate that an adversary might not need to execute code to preserve his ability to extract sensitive information from well protected websites. More precisely, we show that an attacker can use seemingly benign features to build side channel attacks that measure and exfiltrate almost arbitrary data displayed on a given website.<p>Even better, you have the <i>faith</i> that there will never be a repeat of these kind of things <i>and</i> that no attackers will bother to go down this route in future. What part does faith have when deciding upon the risks of running things downloaded from untrusted sources?<p>Still, the anti-tracking is good enough reason for me.<p>&gt; I am sure the boffins down at ublock are already working on detecting and mitigating this behaviour.<p>Let's hope so.<p>[1] <a href=\"https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/The-popup-panel#the-type-cells\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/The-popup-panel#the-...</a><p>[2] <a href=\"https://www.ivacy.com/internet-privacy/disable-webrtc-leak/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.<em>ivacy</em>.com/internet-privacy/disable-webrtc-leak/</a><p>[3] <a href=\"https://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2011-0132\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2011-0132</a><p>[4] <a href=\"https://owasp.org/www-community/xss-filter-evasion-cheatsheet\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://owasp.org/www-community/xss-filter-evasion-cheatshee...</a><p>[5] <a href=\"https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/emma/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/16/scriptlessAttacks-ccs2012.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/emma/veroeffentlich...</a>"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Custom Properties as State"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://css-tricks.com/custom-properties-as-state/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_brigandish","story_25682751"],"author":"brigandish","comment_text":"&gt; disabling xhr is not possible<p>uMatrix can do it, I&#x27;m sure there are others<p>&gt; fetch<p>fetch is a Javascript API and covered by uMatrix&#x27;s XHR setting[1].<p>&gt; web rct<p>That can be disabled[2] and is also covered by uMatrix&#x27;s XHR setting.<p>&gt; iframes<p>Can be blocked in several ways, including the aformentioned uMatrix.<p>&gt; At worst, this gives online tracking companies yet another tool in their toolbox<p>At worst CSS in the browser has had a CVE[3] and OWASP has some attacks[4] that seem old, but you know which of these have been fixed by all the browser vendors you use, right? Perhaps you&#x27;ve read this paper[5] on <i>scriptless attacks</i> and you know that all of these have been mitigated?<p>&gt; The surprising result is that an attacker can also abuse Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in combination with other Web techniques like plain HTML, inactive SVG images or font files. Through several case studies, we introduce the so called scriptless attacks and demonstrate that an adversary might not need to execute code to preserve his ability to extract sensitive information from well protected websites. More precisely, we show that an attacker can use seemingly benign features to build side channel attacks that measure and exfiltrate almost arbitrary data displayed on a given website.<p>Even better, you have the <i>faith</i> that there will never be a repeat of these kind of things <i>and</i> that no attackers will bother to go down this route in future. What part does faith have when deciding upon the risks of running things downloaded from untrusted sources?<p>Still, the anti-tracking is good enough reason for me.<p>&gt; I am sure the boffins down at ublock are already working on detecting and mitigating this behaviour.<p>Let&#x27;s hope so.<p>[1] <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uMatrix&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The-popup-panel#the-type-cells\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uMatrix&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The-popup-panel#the-...</a><p>[2] <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ivacy.com&#x2F;internet-privacy&#x2F;disable-webrtc-leak&#x2F;\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ivacy.com&#x2F;internet-privacy&#x2F;disable-webrtc-leak&#x2F;</a><p>[3] <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cve.circl.lu&#x2F;cve&#x2F;CVE-2011-0132\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cve.circl.lu&#x2F;cve&#x2F;CVE-2011-0132</a><p>[4] <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owasp.org&#x2F;www-community&#x2F;xss-filter-evasion-cheatsheet\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owasp.org&#x2F;www-community&#x2F;xss-filter-evasion-cheatshee...</a><p>[5] <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de&#x2F;media&#x2F;emma&#x2F;veroeffentlichungen&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;16&#x2F;scriptlessAttacks-ccs2012.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de&#x2F;media&#x2F;emma&#x2F;veroeffentlich...</a>","created_at":"2021-01-09T14:17:49Z","created_at_i":1610201869,"objectID":"25700548","parent_id":25700165,"story_id":25682751,"story_title":"Custom Properties as State","story_url":"https://css-tricks.com/custom-properties-as-state/","updated_at":"2024-09-20T07:35:20Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"wlesieutre"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["ivacy"],"value":"I see deals all the time for VPN companies selling &quot;lifetime subscriptions.&quot; Always have to remember it's talking about the lifetime of the company, not the customers.<p>I'd love to know what the average length of those ends up being. A year? Three? Looking at you, FastestVPN, KeepSolid VPN, VPNSecure, SaferVPN, <em>Ivacy</em> VPN, VPN Unlimited, VeePN, etc.<p>It'd be more believable if they'd offer bargains on a multi-year subscription. Selling a lifetime subscription to something with operating costs reeks of &quot;We're going to run out of money, how can we scrape some funds together and keep afloat a little longer? We'll deal with long term consequences later if we haven't gone bankrupt.&quot;"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/19/american-airlines-aairpass-golden-ticket"}},"_tags":["comment","author_wlesieutre","story_21027378"],"author":"wlesieutre","comment_text":"I see deals all the time for VPN companies selling &quot;lifetime subscriptions.&quot; Always have to remember it&#x27;s talking about the lifetime of the company, not the customers.<p>I&#x27;d love to know what the average length of those ends up being. A year? Three? Looking at you, FastestVPN, KeepSolid VPN, VPNSecure, SaferVPN, Ivacy VPN, VPN Unlimited, VeePN, etc.<p>It&#x27;d be more believable if they&#x27;d offer bargains on a multi-year subscription. Selling a lifetime subscription to something with operating costs reeks of &quot;We&#x27;re going to run out of money, how can we scrape some funds together and keep afloat a little longer? 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Think its a great if you don't have the time to code.\n<a href=\"https://www.ivacy.com/business-vpn/reseller-program/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.<em>ivacy</em>.com/business-vpn/reseller-program/</a>"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: Are there tools for start up your commercial VPN Service?"}},"_tags":["comment","author_FahadUddin92","story_20400619"],"author":"FahadUddin92","comment_text":"You can use a reseller program of a VPN service. It gives a web app, mobile app and IPs to sell. Think its a great if you don&#x27;t have the time to code.\n<a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ivacy.com&#x2F;business-vpn&#x2F;reseller-program&#x2F;\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ivacy.com&#x2F;business-vpn&#x2F;reseller-program&#x2F;</a>","created_at":"2019-07-11T15:46:00Z","created_at_i":1562859960,"objectID":"20412422","parent_id":20400619,"story_id":20400619,"story_title":"Ask HN: Are there tools for start up your commercial VPN Service?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T04:32:58Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"samanthachase"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["ivacy"],"value":"We\u2019ve stressed the importance of using a no-log VPN service countless times here at Cogipas. If a VPN provider logs your data, it creates a vulnerability that could later come back to bite you.\nUnfortunately, while most VPN providers claim they don\u2019t log, it\u2019s not always true. That\u2019s why these independent audits are so valuable in establishing which services can be trusted. Here is a list of VPNs that have been audited multiple times and are true to their words.<p>Nord VPN\nPrivate VPN\n<em>Ivacy</em> VPN\nGhost VPN"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"When Proxies Lie: Verifying Locations of Proxies with Active Geolocation (2018) [pdf]"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2018/papers/imc18-final122.pdf"}},"_tags":["comment","author_samanthachase","story_19774083"],"author":"samanthachase","comment_text":"We\u2019ve stressed the importance of using a no-log VPN service countless times here at Cogipas. If a VPN provider logs your data, it creates a vulnerability that could later come back to bite you.\nUnfortunately, while most VPN providers claim they don\u2019t log, it\u2019s not always true. That\u2019s why these independent audits are so valuable in establishing which services can be trusted. Here is a list of VPNs that have been audited multiple times and are true to their words.<p>Nord VPN\nPrivate VPN\nIvacy VPN\nGhost VPN","created_at":"2019-05-02T11:41:23Z","created_at_i":1556797283,"objectID":"19806801","parent_id":19774083,"story_id":19774083,"story_title":"When Proxies Lie: Verifying Locations of Proxies with Active Geolocation (2018) [pdf]","story_url":"https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2018/papers/imc18-final122.pdf","updated_at":"2024-09-20T04:09:02Z"}],"hitsPerPage":20,"nbHits":260,"nbPages":13,"page":0,"params":"query=ivacy&advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":11,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"roundTrip":13},"afterFetch":{"merge":{"mergeLoop":{"prepareNextHit":9,"total":9},"total":9},"total":9},"fetch":{"total":1},"total":11},"query":"ivacy","serverTimeMS":13}
