The bug was introduced in ExpressVPN Windows versions 12.23.1 – 12.72.0, published between May 19, 2022, and Feb. 7, 2024, and only affected those using the split tunneling feature.

I remember having my mind blown back in 2020 when reading about a bubonic plague outbreak in the early 1900s in California and learning that wealthy businesses owners and investors tried to pull a lot of the same stuff that they were again pulling in 2020 to keep businesses open. It was the same political game, the same use of media to undermine the attempt at a public health response.

I guess it always was a bit of a fantasy that we would all respond according to our own self interest.

It was such a an opportunity to normalize masking in public, especially when sick with any respiratory illness and the opportunity was squandered by selfishness and greed. The pandemic also served to gut my faith in humanity, so there’s that.