Post #3439054
2026-06-28 02:09 UTC
Because this post got a lot of traction, some more context:
Last year I had drinks with another VPN dude at a meeting, and he worked for a holding company that owned many VPN companies. They acquired them pretty regularly and integrated them best they could.
I asked why keep all the separate brands and marketing if it’s all basically the same thing, and he explained the market is segmented. Some users believe a particular VPN is better for gaming, or business, or torrenting, or porn, or cheapest or whatever.
It actually hurt them the couple times they tried to merge brands, so now they try to merge all they can behind the scenes technically but keep the brand identities separate.
#DEFCON #VPN #VPN #Tor
Replies (2)
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@jamiexml@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 02:12
@thedarktangent@defcon.social NFT VPNs! Gotta collect 'em all!
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@vandorb12@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 03:30
@thedarktangent@defcon.social thank you for your insight and candor regarding this. The support backend for email is surprisingly extensive, I did not expect that.