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International Intelligence & VPN Privacy: What You Should Know

Some countries participate in international intelligence-sharing alliances—most notably the Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, and Fourteen Eyes groups. These alliances facilitate cooperation on signals intelligence and financial data surveillance, focusing on individuals with wealth or activities spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Eyes Alliance Countries

• Five Eyes: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

• Nine Eyes (adds): France, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway

• Fourteen Eyes (adds): Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Sweden

What This Means for VPN Users

• These alliances focus on high-value targets: multimillionaires, insiders, or national security threats—not everyday users.

• VPNs headquartered in these jurisdictions can face legal pressure to cooperate with authorities.

• However, VPN providers with no-logs policies, especially those using RAM-only servers, have no data to hand over.

• Singapore, while a strong surveillance state, is not part of these Eyes alliances, offering some jurisdictional distance.

Our Take:

No logs + no fishing = peace of mind. Even under pressure, many VPNs cannot expose your activities because they simply don’t keep records.