Yes, to bring freedom thru privacy to people, The coming battle against privacy and free speech is by far the strongest and worst yet; the narrative and our voices are quickly getting quashed.
Without the ability to communicate privately and speak freely, at best democracy is at risk; and at worst, humanity, or what it has meant to be human until now, itself may be at risk.
Divided we are not stronger.
> Similar, for hiring Karpeles to do your security (like he hasnt lost us enough already).
Cryptocurrency has come a long way, and without MtGox and Mark at the beginning, it may not have been able to make such strides.
I prefer a battle hardened individual over a clean track record of no experience. Failure is the fastest and strongest way to learn and grow stronger.
Overall, I appreciate your words and concerns, but I believe we are strategically moving in the right direction to the world's benefit.
>Yes, to bring freedom thru privacy to people, The coming battle against privacy and free speech is by far the strongest and worst yet; the narrative and our voices are quickly getting quashed.
>Without the ability to communicate privately and speak freely, at best democracy is at risk; and at worst, humanity, or what it has meant to be human until now, itself may be at risk.
>Divided we are not stronger
I was hoping for a real response, rather than the same empty marketing speak.
Of course, the real response is likely 'I wanted to cash out', so I understand why you can't deliver something more convincing.
Failure is not the fastest way to learn when that failure is achieved through fraud.
I was on the verge throughout all of these news, but now finding out about you hiring Karpeles and now reading how you defend it really made me cancel all the subscriptions and never come back again.
Agree. People that have no ethics or integrity tend to always revert to mean. People that I know that sell harmful products seem to have an uncanny ability to find ever more harmful ways of profiting.
"The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment" vibe is strong with this one. For the record, the part I quoted is from, I believe, most downvoted comment on reddit[0], currently on ~670 thousands of downvotes.
The company is now no longer controlled by one man alone, but instead many. I’m still a major shareholder.
We are changing the world by fighting in the front lines with our PR as we always did [1], donating to organizations without pause or hesitation [2], and sticking to our decisions even when the world may not understand as they aren’t deep in the battle like us.
Time will prove everything, and we will help the people (and freedom of speech and privacy) achieve victory.
Edit: Unable to reply below so I wanted to clarify - our ad spend often times goes toward the benefit of people as opposed to being direct ads about our company.
>We are changing the world by fighting in the front lines with our PR as we always did [1]
You are telling me you did it for PR reasons?? That's not even remotely believable - look at the 'PR' you are getting. This was the goal??
>donating to organizations without pause or hesitation [2]
Surely, you have even less of a voice where donations go than before.
>and sticking to our decisions even when the world may not understand as they aren’t deep in the battle like us.
How are they helping you stick to your decisions? You are making entirely new decisions now, and corroding your previous. Are you saying they are 'deep in the battle' like you? What?
Even as a user that for now will not be trusting PIA, I do applaud the advertising I've seen in many corners of the mainstream net trying to educate users about issues they otherwise would have no exposure at all to, unlike us.
I completely agree, I just don't see in what possible way does Kape help with that.
Even if they start doing more outreach (doubt Kape helps much there but say they do) now the messages are just going to be tainted with 'yeah, dont trust those guys' comments when a user looks into it.
would you mind to elaborate how a centralized VPN-service is helping against suppression of the internet as a channel? Once your DNS/servers are gone, your VPN is gone, thus your users have to fall back to metadata collection by their ISP instead of you...
P.S.: you are aware that you can still go into the next pub and speak freely with verified (e.g. drinking liquor) humans, which solves by far the biggest issue with "free speech" on todays internet in the "west"
Ok, but you're a VPN provider. When I use a VPN service I am simply moving my trust from the ISP to you. This decision (as well as hiring Karpelès, convicted for fraud) lowers my trust in you.
I am on a year sub with you guys. I don't buy the marketing speak you're spewing here and I doubt I'll be renewing.
Yes, to bring freedom thru privacy to people, The coming battle against privacy and free speech is by far the strongest and worst yet; the narrative and our voices are quickly getting quashed.
Without the ability to communicate privately and speak freely, at best democracy is at risk; and at worst, humanity, or what it has meant to be human until now, itself may be at risk.
Divided we are not stronger.
> Similar, for hiring Karpeles to do your security (like he hasnt lost us enough already).
Cryptocurrency has come a long way, and without MtGox and Mark at the beginning, it may not have been able to make such strides.
I prefer a battle hardened individual over a clean track record of no experience. Failure is the fastest and strongest way to learn and grow stronger.
Overall, I appreciate your words and concerns, but I believe we are strategically moving in the right direction to the world's benefit.
Time will tell.