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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 days ago by e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why do these kinds of products even exist? I've never used one but have thought maybe I should look into it. I sometimes proxy through a cheap or throwaway VPS, figuring small ipv6 allocations below the ISP level aren't tracked very carefully above that level. In some cases the VPS host just gives you a bunch of addresses out of a /64, when theoretically a /64 is the smallest allocatable chunk and it's what a single device is supposed to get.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because where I go on Internet is not the business of my ISP, and it's not data I want them to store and sell to whoever will pay for it? I am now behind a VPN 100% of the time.

Based on my virtual location, YT doesn't force me to connect to watch videos (in some parts of the world, they seem to do!), and I won't be stopped by age verification crap in my country.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your VPS provider and your ISP aren't the same thing. I'd trust my VPS provider way more than I'd trust the scammy VPN companies that I see advertised all over the place.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

If you're the sole user of your VPS, all the sites you visit can identify you based on your IP only. Behind a VPN, they have to rely on cookies, fingerprinting, etc. (of course assuming you don't just login...).

Some VPN suppliers have a no log policy and have been audited to confirm they had indeed no log.

Mullvad was audited multiple times and the audits confirmed no log and no information leak. They don't even store customers info: you have a customer number, and you'd better not lose it. Sure if you pay by credit card, they can trace you back.

They're transparent about issues they face (2 years ago they reported a weakness allowing websites to identify the same browser switching outgoing servers) and the fix they use.

So yes, they are one of the very very few services I trust.

VPS supplier are just as likely as any other company to sell, leak or disclose on request your information.

[–] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

For anonymity and privacy from the network provider.

Vps proxying can work for that, but there are a lot of gotchas to keep track of.