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  • “Many of these free VPNs are riddled with issues,” said Daniel Card, a cyber-security expert with the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS).

    “Some act as traffic brokers for data harvesting firms, others are so poorly built they expose users to attacks.”

    He told the BBC despite posing a range of potential privacy risks, such apps “end up in the hands of kids trying to watch age-restricted content”, or adults “trying to get round blocks”.

    Ah yes, there it is: won’t anyone think of the children. I expected that argument higher up in the article.




  • Tomorrowland has dismissed the report as “scaremongering” based on speculation. 'We regret that some academics are expressing their opinions without ever having visited the site, contacted the relevant government agencies, or approached us as the organiser directly."

    “Furthermore, we are unaware of the samples they examined or the methods they used for their research. Safety is, and will always be, our highest priority. We make every effort to act in a transparent, correct and responsible manner,” they said.

    Getting some quite disturbing fake news vibes from this