> Try to extrapolate on your own.

No need for the snark. Obviously we're not talking about somebody in Iran or Russia connecting to a VPN that just leads back into their own country, that would be idiotic. None of the VPN providers are providing anything like that. Those don't even make sense conceptually. A Western VPN provider that an Iranian or Russian is using isn't even legally allowed to operate nodes inside of Iran or Russia due to sanctions.

I'm talking about the realistic mix-ups that the article is using as examples. Where Somalia is actually going to France or something. That's why my original comment started with "Is there any real-life situation..."

No VPN providers are accidentally routing into an oppressive dictatorship.