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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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[–] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I'm going with Nym when my Mullvad sub is up. If I can get a refund from Mullvad without KYCing myself, I'll do so earlier.

Nym runs your traffic through 5 nodes or 2 nodes (a nixnet) depending on user selected setting. Node operators are paid in crypto based on the number of packets they handle. The CEO is an anarchist and expects to be in prison at some point. Nym is designed to continue running even if all the higher ups are in prison.

I'm not a customer, just got all this from an interview with the CEO on with TheHatedOne.

Edit: This is the interview I mentioned https://www.bitchute.com/video/uoyDTW2nxWk

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

    My Mullvad sub ended very shortly after this news broke. I paid for nym but the connection on my Android would constantly disconnect and reconnect. On my Linux PC the connection was much more stable but every time I started my PC I would have to restart the daemon because it would never auto start properly. I ended up getting an ivpn subscription as I have used them before and had no problems. I paid for the 2 year sub for nym using their $nym token so it was fairly cheap. I don't care too much as I want to support them and hope they can improve the experience and I may use the 5 hop mixnet occasionally.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks for the heads up on Nym. I'll have a look at iVPN.

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