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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] adam_y@lemmy.world 293 points 6 months ago (16 children)

"There are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user's VPN runs on Linux or Android."

So there are ways.

[โ€“] FridaG@reddthat.com 8 points 6 months ago

True, if you neg a linux dev online enough for two years, you can make your entire infrastructure vulnerable to attack

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