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This isn't Mullvad's fault -- it's a challenge with the VPNs-as-a-privacy-service architecture generally, something we wrote about here: https://invisv.com/arti
by barathr 4y ago
This isn't Mullvad's fault -- it's a challenge with the VPNs-as-a-privacy-service architecture generally, something we wrote about here: https://invisv.com/articles/relay.html https://invisv.com/articles/relay.html
VPNs are great when the network you're on is less trustworthy than any other network you have no visibility into, such as in places where the network is heavily censored or otherwise restricted. They're also widely used for evading country-level streaming restrictions. But VPNs aren't really the right architecture for privacy more generally.
- floatboth 4y agoAnother really important aspect everyone is forgetting is the location privacy problem with being "naked" on a residential IP address. The best reason to relay your traffic through a provider like Mullvad is so that some random forum admin who disliked your posts doesn't GeoIP you down to your city district.