Wow. Here's a new bad thing that's happening bec. of COVID WFH. The university VPN software (GlobalProtect by @PaloAltoNtwks)— useful for things like offcampus library access— did an update, and, in the course of doing my infosec due diligence on the update, I learned (1/7)
— Paul Gowder (@PaulGowder) August 21, 2020
A lot of VPN software is essentially a spyware tool and should not be trusted. I restrict any VPN software and even conference software to company laptops or virtual machines. It cannot be trusted, and should not be.