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Mullvad on the Donation Controversy (www.mullvad.net)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 16 points 3 months ago (12 children)

They seem to be on the inertia as a strategy train. Most users won't have heard about this so they're not in danger of losing them. A few who have won't abandon ship because it's a pain. And the rest they seem to tolerate losing. That's unfortunate, say I who isn't even their customer. I would have thought they do more but maybe another two weeks of ended subscriptions can lead them to reason and get rid of Daniel.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    What is a good alternative to Mullvad? My subscription just ended yesterday.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If you want something European, I'd throw AirVPN in the mix. I went there and never to Mullvad. And now I'm glad I didn't and at the same time I'm looking forward to hearing inevitably what corpses my current provider has in the cupboard.

    I dislike Proton, which I quit after the CEO praised 47 on his big tech regulation and before they handed the email account of some environmental activist over to the authorities, in France IIRC. They want to be your replacement for Google and keep pushing more services at obscure subscription levels at you. In terms of VPN, they were good though.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    The Hated One has a video explaining his take on what Mullvad has done, and he gives 2 good alternatives to Mullvad. He also has other videos comparing VPN services in terms of privacy. He's very thorough.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Which 2 did he recommend?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    https://nym.com/

    https://safing.io/spn/

    https://www.ivpn.net/en/

    https://torproject.org

    I would be wary of the claims of any company implementing a mixnet as part of their VPN. The anonymity that Tor provides depends on the basic principle that is is unlikely that your exit node and entry node will be able to collaborate. If all nodes in the network are run by one company then that basic assumption is broken from the start.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Thank you Safing I have not heard of. ivpn not great for southern hemisphere (but do appear ethical) Tor I haven't looked into for a long time I looked into nym not long ago and left myself this note 'Pricey if doing per month, not if doing for year. Lack of transparency, shit website. Dodgy feel.'

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    If all nodes in the network are run by one company then that basic assumption is broken from the start.

    That just degrades it to a normal VPN. Allowing others to join the mixnet, gives it a path to more decentralization. But these things have to start somewhere

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    There isn’t one with feature or operations parity and a similar history of success.

    If you are actually concerned for your safety or legal status or something then I wouldn’t switch from them.

    If you’re trying to accomplish something else there are good alternatives. Air for example is a great piracy vpn but I wouldn’t trust it for my own safety.

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