Lawmakers Question VPN Impact on Americans' FISA Surveillance Protections

Lawmakers question VPN impact on Americans' FISA surveillance protections

Democrats from both chambers sent a letter questioning the impacts to the Director of National Intelligence as Congress faces a deadline to renew FISA S...

Using a VPN to hide your location could expose you to government surveillance

Six Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether US citizens who connect through VPNs are losing constitutional protections against warrantless spying. Their letter argues that because virtual private networks obscure a user's true location, intelligence agencies may presume those communications are foreign in...Read Entire Article

Is the US Using VPN Servers for Spying Purposes? Lawmakers Want Transparency

The lawmakers who wrote to DNI Tulsi Gabbard have access to classified intelligence, suggesting they uncovered something about US surveillance capabilities via VPN servers in foreign countries.

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.