Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.

How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.

https://orebropartiet.se/om-oss/

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    If it's a honeypot for fascists but not one for antifascists, maybe. But I'd prefer no honeypot at all, rather one where governance is from the labourers, to the labourers.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    A VPN operated exclusively for a single political group would flag everyone using it as that group.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    True, I suppose a VPN operated by those supporting that group, then.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Not a honeypot, but a target. I see.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    What do you suggest otherwise? I don't want my money to go to fascists or surveillance states.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You don’t get that choice. Beans soak up the flavor of the broth, rocks get thrown out in the trash.

    I’m not trying to be a jerk, but you literally have no control over what other people do and the whole point of a marketplace is to drill the social relationship down to cash.

    A vpn service with a political angle like you suggested would immediately be targeted.

    It’s why you can buy a che tee shirt but not actually ship oil to Cuba.

    If you need the security of mullvad then i recommend you use it.

    Now a communist vpn would be a great piece of political theater! Get one going then get black bagged over it, run a social media campaign to raise awareness, levitate the pentagon, it’d be fantastic!

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