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Kape Technologies, formerly Crossrider, now owns 4 top VPNs
Posted on September 27, 2021 at 02:43 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the ForumsPUBLIC DEFENDER
By Brian Livingston
A holding company with a controversial history — Kape Technologies — announced this month that it had purchased a leading virtual private network, ExpressVPN, adding it to a collection of three other major VPN companies that Kape acquired in 2017 through 2019.
This concentration of VPN services has raised concerns.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
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