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Mark Karpeles from Mt. Gox has created a new VPN service. The company claims to use encryption that makes them unable to reveal customer identity, though In reality the software they make use of is an Intel product that is vulnerable to security flaws.


VP.net uses Intel SGX hardware to supposedly deliver "cryptographically verifiable privacy"

The founder of Private Internet Access (PIA), a popular no-log VPN provider, Lee later realized that many users now need a level of privacy that's not based on trust. Echoing what NymVPN's innovative mixnet network and Mullvad's DAITA tool do, VP.net also employs some techniques to prevent traffic analysis and obscure actual usage patterns. "I prefer decentralization and advanced cryptography rather than believing Intel has produced a silver bullet," NymVPN's CEO, Harry Halpin, told TechRadar.

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