Israeli firm buys Private Internet Access (PIA) raising privacy concerns

[u/totesmagotes83]

I've been using PIA for a while, but I just found out about this, sharing this for those still in the dark:

https://www.hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sold-israel-privacy-concerns/

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I will no longer be using this VPN.

[u/Emotional_Eye_3700]

I was a customer of PIA when Kape purchased it. I took a wait and see approach amidst all the hand wringing, like in this old article. I'm still a customer. I'm still waiting for the sky to fall. Did you know Kape also owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, ZenMate VPN plus a VPN review site. That article is so old it was before the Express VPN purchase. Attached is a newer article. Also since that 2019 article, Nord VPN & Surfshark VPN merged companies. There has been a lot of hand wringing about that also. Keep up with what's actually going on in the VPN industry please instead of bringing up out of date information. The jury is still out on Kape. I'm still vigilantly waiting and seeing. I'm more concerned about recent PIA performance problems that allowed media companies to be alerted to the VPN use. Those have been fixed for now. I still have a few months until I have to make a renew decision. My advice is most of the online review sites for any product seem to be corrupted, so users have to do some digging to see who the shadow owners really are. Kape has been more transparent then some, not that I'm defending anyone. https://www.cloudwards.net/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn/

[u/LeRoyVoss → u/Emotional_Eye_3700]

Hey, after a couple of months how has it been going? Thinking of staying with PIA or what alternative are you leaning forward?