I heard that Windscribe was raided recently, in an operation to seize their servers, on account of a legal investigation into the activities of a certain individual. However, the moment the servers were seized, and disconnected from the power, all memory was instantly wiped.
This is because Windscribe operates entirely through RAM memory, which will be completely wiped the instant the power is disconnected.
I'm not sure if logs are getting written to RAM, as I believe the company has a total no logs policy.
this is why it's key to use a VPN that handles logging correctly, and also why picking the location of the servers is important, Mullvad is a Swedish company and SWE has a much tougher privacy environment.
There shouldn't be any logging done at all even in RAM, except for higher level aggregate tracking to ensure service stability.
Seizing servers for LE is standard practice and requires a court order which the lack of logging should therefore protect.
however.....that isn't going to stop the 3LAs, they will just send someone to compromise the systems, they operate outside the law and do what the fuck they like.
FWIW, Apple have already updated their OS to block any and all sites designated “adult”. Even using a VPN doesn’t get around it cos the block is at the OS level.
This, sadly, is only going to be the beginning of the shift to full-on surveillance imo
hmm, just had a quick read about this and it's embedded in the apple networking stack and is effectively a URL white/black list.
part of the apple ecosystem is that it forces all apps to use the apple "webkit" where this is implemented, so it effects all browsers and HTTPS - bit naughty if you ask me but on brand for a closed ecosystem platform.
I don't know anything about appleOS, but in principle this should be easily by passable, though it might need the device to be rooted, then just use VPN with encrypted DNS via VPN.
it's also optional via "OS Content Filter", though given the tech exists it's another easy win for LE to use it!
I guess AI detects any 'suspicious breaches', collects all of them, and maybe lists them for follow up by a human. Or in even more dystopian scenarios, AI will also be the prosecution, judge, jury and executioner.
Automatic AI generated punishment, welcome to China
