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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose(arstechnica.com)

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Doubletwist@lemmy.world
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The problem isn’t them being in you LAN. It’s about going to an untrusted network (eg Starbucks, hotel) and connecting to your VPN, boom, now your VPN connection is compromised.

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kinther@lemmy.world
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I woke up this morning and thought of this exact scenario, then found your comment lol

Yes, this is bad for anyone who travels for work and can’t trust the network they connect to.

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