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Since it's not clear without reading the article, VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.

It might be possible that on an international TECHNOLOGY forum, a significant percentage of users know what 'VPN' (a tech thing) stands for and don't know what 'ICE' (a government office (off topic) of a single nation (limited scope)) stands for. Context matters. ICE isn't within either the regional or topical domains of common conversation on this forum.

I'm from Europe, to me ICE refers to German high-velocity trains. I was not aware the US had an ICE office.

There are so many things that are called ICE, several of them would make sense in sentence.

https://www.acronymfinder.com/ICE.html

My preferred one is "Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics", from cyberpunk literature.

Depending on one's technical background or interests, reading about ICE can refer to many things. in my case Internal Combustion Engine and In-Circuit Emulator.

> ICE faces heat after agents install apps, VPNS

I thought this was another article about cars - engines overheating after bad security update and nation actors (agents) install apps and VPNs in cars.

apps stands for appetizers but not in this context. HN has officially become reddit.

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