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Mullvad operates out of Sweden. Unlike proton, mullvad doesnt have to respond to court orders. proton gives up user info thousands a year its right on their tra
by devwastaken 1y ago
Mullvad operates out of Sweden. Unlike proton, mullvad doesnt have to respond to court orders. proton gives up user info thousands a year its right on their transparency page.
- Batman8675309 1y agoProton isn’t giving up VPN users. It’s giving up mail users. There’s a huge legal difference.
- immibis 1y agoAll entities with known physical addresses have to respond to court orders, or men with guns will break into those addresses and kidnap whoever is supposed to have responded.
- KomoD 1y agoCorrection:they do in fact have to respond to court orders, but they can't give any info as they simply do not have it.
- ignoramous 1y agoMullvad stores account (kyc) + payment information in line with Swedish tax laws for (I think) 7 years. What Mullvad apparently don't have are data-plane logs. But then, surveillance laws mandate forceful & secret compliance in certain cases (Mullvad may be exempt but who knows: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018290)
- LMYahooTFY 1y agoDoesn't Mullvad accept cash without identifying information?
- _t9ow 1y agoYes, they do. They accept Monero too.
- lolwtflamo 1y ago[dead]