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Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit (cyberinsider.com)
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FreeVPN.One, a verified Chrome extension with over 100k installs on the Chrome Web Store, is taking screenshots of sites users visit.

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[โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And sure as fuck never use a free one for anything remotely sensitive.

I think ProtonVPN might might be an exception here. They're pretty trustworthy as far as I know, and have some free servers.

But my go-to is Mullvad, mainly for the flat pricing. I hate how most only have good prices if you buy a full year or so.

[โ€“] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

proton was the only good free VPN, but apparently the CEO was recently praising trump and shit so that's obviously caused a lot of users to stop using it and telling others to not use it.