Do all VPN companies sell their traffic to others? I think that is now probably ...

mirimir · on Aug 23, 2018

Many ISPs and telecom providers certainly do. Some were even selling geolocation data. So arguably you must use VPNs and/or Tor for privacy.

SmellyGeekBoy · on Aug 23, 2018

My ISP / telecom provider (in my case they're the same company) is a legitimate corporation registered in my home country, against whom I can seek legal recourse if my data is misused. That's more than I can say about most VPN providers.

Rjevski · on Aug 23, 2018

> Many ISPs and telecom providers certainly do

Do you have a list of them or source for this claim? (not that I'm disagreeing with you, but just want to see the full extent of the problem)

mirimir · on Aug 23, 2018

We know that AT&T, Sprint and Verizon sold location data to numerous corporate entities. But T-Mobile has claimed that it didn't.

"Verizon and AT&T will stop selling your phone’s location to data brokers" <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/verizon-and-att-...

"Verizon and others call a conditional halt on sharing location with data brokers" <https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/19/verizon-stops-selling-cust...

It's well known now that ISPs can monetize and sell customer data. For example, see https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/isps-can...

icelancer · on Aug 23, 2018

It's turtles all the way down.

binomialxenon · on Aug 23, 2018

All gratis VPNs, for sure. I'd figure that paid VPNs would probably vary on that count.