You're missing the point that Mullvad still has your connecting IP address. There have been countless cases demonstrating that "no-log" VPN providers definitel

You're missing the point that Mullvad still has your connecting IP address. There have been countless cases demonstrating that "no-log" VPN providers definitely do log, and even if by some miracle Mullvad doesn't, they can be compelled to start doing so, as the Protonmail case demonstrates. This does nothing to reduce the paper trail. If you really really really trust Mullvad (and you shouldn't), just use Monero.