Marcus Reid

About

Marcus spent six years on the Ars Technica security desk before anyone cared about VPNs — back when he was filing FOIA requests on NSA surveillance programs and getting politely ignored. He's personally speed-tested 60+ VPN services from hotel lobbies, airport lounges, and a very suspicious café in Shenzhen where three guys were definitely shoulder-surfing his screen. His protocol analysis work on WireGuard adoption got cited in an EFF whitepaper, which he'll mention within ten minutes of meeting you. He runs VPNVerdict's testing from a custom lab with 8 devices, 4 operating systems, and a ISP connection he specifically chose for its mediocre baseline speeds.

9 years of experience in VPN and privacy.