Six Democratic lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to publicly disclose whether Americans who use commercial VPN services risk being treated as foreigners under United States surveillance law—a classification that would strip them of constitutional protections against warrantless government spying.
In a letter sent Thursday to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabba...
The letter from six Democratic lawmakers highlights a potential privacy concern for Americans who use commercial VPN services. The concern is that because VPNs obscure a user's true location, and intelligence agencies presume that communications of unknown origin are foreign, Americans may inadvertently waive the privacy protections they are entitled to under the law. This issue could have significant implications for millions of Americans who use these services for various reasons. The letter d...