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The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the far-right Swedish Örebro party (www.techradar.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world

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Worth noting if you are using their VPN services or Browser.

EDIT: Apparently, labelling them as far-right isn't as clear-cut from an economic perspective, but they do hold many core identity politics that are common amongst far-right parties such as:

Voiced support for the idea of large-scale remigration on multiple occasions, even for Swedish-born immigrants: "Sweden belongs to the Swedes"
Supports Sweden leaving NATO
In favor of Sweden leaving the European Union in a so-called "Swexit"
Stated that Sweden should only support other countries on the condition that it benefits Sweden and that it has to be "Sweden first"

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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 7 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Thanks, damn this is quite a good VPN. Any other decent options in the similar price range?

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

IVPN is my understanding. They supposedly provide support to the EFF

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I looked at IVPN but it makes me sad that they wrote it in C, while Mullvad is Rust.

[–] wingnut@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Ill check them out!

[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I already have proton drive which comes with proton vpn. So I started using that. EU-based VPN and so far it's been noticeably faster than mullvad with fewer captchas too. So I can't complain.

[–] ProfessorHoover@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Proton's CEO has thrown his support behind Trump, so it's not a safe haven either.

[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

He made a very dumb tweet and then walked it back. As far I know he hasn't made any material contribution to fascists, unlike the mullvad CEO.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

That is a bit of an exaggeration.

[–] Dry_Monk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm a fan of Private Internet Access. Not currently aware of reasons not to use it.

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apart from there owned by Kape technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kape_Technologies. Apparently/allegedly the owner was funding transportation for Israeli troops into Gaza

[–] Dry_Monk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Well dang. Gotta find something else then

[–] wingnut@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Sorry but I used them back in 2010 and if they're still USA based you have to worry about 5/9/14 eyes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement#14_Eyes%3Fwprov=sfla1

Is there any good verification of there no logs policy? If so it might still be the best option, Im using proton free rn after the news dropped.

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

I also wish to know about any alternatives.