Personally know the devs? No. Total anons to me. Though I have done a few offline transactions unrelated to their vpn that involved me trusting they wouldn't simply take my money and run. They are straight legit as best as I can ascertain of the anon. Having used the HydraVeil product daily for nearly as long it has been available it does exactly what it says it does. For pennies, spin up a VPN protected "burner" browser ad hoc. Sign up behind built in Tor, pay with xmr and you're anon all the way. I have a HV browser for general web search, then another for substack only, then another for just YouTube etc. I have put it through its paces and can say its truly one of a kind. So I share your earlier sentiment that even in this crazy digital prison, some truly interesting minds are producing some fascinating defenses..