[rasengan]

I think an increase in ownership base fundamentally makes it easier to trust an entity, especially in a public company setting where transparency is a must.

Rather than trusting 1/1 owner of a company you just need to trust 1/n with significant control.

The original PIA group will maintain significant control.

[oefrha]

The problem with trusting 1/n is that my trust in you is compromised when you choose to associate with an unscrupulous party, so even that 1/n is no longer trustworthy.

(Long time PIA subscriber who cancelled over the news of acquisition.)

[zentiggr]

This is entirely backward from actual security principles.

Any increase in the number of people involved in a security related decision multiplies the chance that bad decisions/compromises will happen.

Cf the definition of compartmentalization.