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[https://nordvpn.com/about-us/ NordVPN] is a Virtual Private Network service provider owned by [https://nordsecurity.com Nord Security]. NordVPN heavily advertises on popular tech YouTube channels. NordVPN operates worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Panama. | [https://nordvpn.com/about-us/ NordVPN] is a Virtual Private Network service provider owned by [https://nordsecurity.com Nord Security]. NordVPN heavily advertises on popular tech YouTube channels. NordVPN operates worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Panama. | ||
==Controversies== | |||
Due to current laws, United States Intelligence Agencies are not allowed to spy on American citizen's communications including Internet traffic (with some expanding exceptions). However, Internet traffic that exits the country is legally fair game for intercept and decryption. This includes VPN providers that route your traffic outside the USA. This means using a VPN may unwittingly open users to legal spying by US Intelligence Agencies. No International VPN providers disclose this information to their customers. It is perfectly legal for US Intelligence Agencies to break encryption, perform man in the middle attacks, or other encryption weakening methods on data transiting international borders. | |||
If data passes international borders it is subject to "bulk collection" by the Intelligence Community because of Executive Order 12333.<ref>https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-cia-acting-outside-law-spy-americans</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 09:45, 8 February 2025
NordVPN is a Virtual Private Network service provider owned by Nord Security. NordVPN heavily advertises on popular tech YouTube channels. NordVPN operates worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Panama.
Controversies
Due to current laws, United States Intelligence Agencies are not allowed to spy on American citizen's communications including Internet traffic (with some expanding exceptions). However, Internet traffic that exits the country is legally fair game for intercept and decryption. This includes VPN providers that route your traffic outside the USA. This means using a VPN may unwittingly open users to legal spying by US Intelligence Agencies. No International VPN providers disclose this information to their customers. It is perfectly legal for US Intelligence Agencies to break encryption, perform man in the middle attacks, or other encryption weakening methods on data transiting international borders.
If data passes international borders it is subject to "bulk collection" by the Intelligence Community because of Executive Order 12333.[1]