Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by their VPN without triggering any alerts to the user.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Well, my job better not, or they’ll get a letter from their ISP about that torrenting I was actually told I could do when I asked!