Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
Senator Ron Wyden asked the NSA to update public guidance on VPN configurations, questioning single-hop designs and services like Tor.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter Wednesday to NSA director Gen. Joshua Rudd requesting updated public guidance on VPN best practices for Americans facing advanced foreign threats, including government personnel, contractors, and journalists. The letter highlights limitations such as decrypted traffic at single-hop termination servers, metadata like timestamps enabling nation-state profiling, and asks the NSA to assess multi-hop architectures, random delays, cryptographic padding, and specific services including Apple Private Relay, Nym, and Tor.
- Letter targets at-risk users: officials, contractors, journalists
- Cites single-hop VPN decryption and metadata exposure risks
- Asks NSA to evaluate multi-hop, padding, and timing defenses
- Requests assessment of Apple Private Relay, Nym, and Tor
- Vendors
- Apple
- Products
- Apple Private RelayNymTor
- Countries
- United States
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