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HideMyAss.com Doesn't Hide Logs From the FBI

Posted by timothy on from the technically-sir-you-were-being-a-donkey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "People use VPN services to hide their identities online, right? And a UK-based service called HideMyAss would seem to fit that bill perfectly. Not so, unfortunately: they have to hand over the logs to the FBI when a UK judge tells them to." Reader wiredmikey points to a story at SecurityWeek, too.

3 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. lol by smash · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're expecting to use public VPN servers to "hide your ass" you're doing it wrong.

    If you're not competent enough to "hide your own ass" then you really shouldn't be fucking with other people's networks.

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    I run: Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD. Just because you have a hammer, doesn't mean everything is a nail.
  2. So disappointed by the name by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was hoping something like hidemyass.com would be devoted to the anti-muffin top movement :P

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  3. Re:Who would have thought so.... by jhoegl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ass logs can get pretty big.

    I just dont know if I want to be the one sifting through the logs to find kernels of information.