VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

But Tor is explicitly designed for this sort of thing and does not have a paid access system.

Nowhere on Big Mama VPN's landing page does it say that by using their service you open your network to access by randoms.

this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024

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