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This goes beyond plausible deniability, unless I'm missing something. Buying a Mullvad gift card makes you at most a Mullvad customer. The cards are presumably
by samatman 4y ago
This goes beyond plausible deniability, unless I'm missing something.
Buying a Mullvad gift card makes you at most a Mullvad customer. The cards are presumably one SKU, none of Amazon nor Mullvad know which one is sent to a given person.
I'm not sure what the connection might be to warrants here? Surely if a judge will sign on "hey this guy uses a VPN can we grab his laptop?", that judge would sign on any other flimsy excuse.
- vineyardmike 4y agoStep 1. You’re suspected of a crime Step 2. They start looking for evidence Step 3. They find uncommon actions you took to make your browsing history harder to track. Step 4. Judge Step 5. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ No one will prosecute you for using Mullvad but using it may be a red flag that you have something to hide if you’re already under investigation
- SturgeonsLaw 4y agoThis is exactly right. Commenters here seem to think that the prosecution needs an airtight sequence of steps to prove guilt. Doesn't work like that. They will say things like "we detected that Mullvad VPN was used to cover the perpetrator's tracks. Two days before the incident, the defendant bought a Mullvad VPN subscription over Amazon". They will then move on to the next piece of evidence. Legal cases are not code, they are often fuzzy and loose, and rely on human interpretation, with all its biases and emotions, to draw a conclusion.