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for anyone in Belgium who needs a decent VPN, I recommend Mullvad: https://mullvad.net/ https://mullvad.net/

by buyucu 1y ago

tsumnia 1y ago
I really enjoyed their article on the EU's Chat Control legislation [1]. I'm so sorry to hear that your privacy is being scrutinized y'all. [1] https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol/stop-chatcontrol https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol/stop-chatcontrol
- johnisgood 1y ago
  > Mullvad is a Swedish VPN company, and our business isn’t directly affected by a possible Chat Control regulation. Sweden is in favor of Chat Control. And this is total bullshit. E2EE instant messaging software will remain encrypted and private. OMEMO and OTR, too.
johnisgood 1y ago
I just tried Mullvad again on Android. It says "out of time" and that I have no more VPN time left on the account. I would have to "add time" (i.e. buy it). I thought Mullvad was free. I am not going to pay for it. Why would I when there are many free ones out there?
- fn-mote 1y ago
  If you are not the customer, you are the product. Pay for a VPN if you don’t want the VPN company to be complicit in tracking you. And no, Mullvad is not free.
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    What guarantees do I have? Any free VPNs could make it pay-to-use without changing a thing. Having to pay for a VPN does not mean that it is more secure or whatever it is you are thinking. I could be a customer AND product at the same time.
    - pixxel 1y ago
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    - johnisgood 1y ago
      To the commenter below: > They are regularly audited. This info is freely available. Plus they go above and beyond with collecting as little info possible. Again, what guarantees do I have? Info is freely available, yeah, just like it is freely available about the Earth being flat. > Educate yourself rather than make a cunt of yourself. Educate myself on what exactly? I do not trust anyone blindly when it comes to privacy. It is all just hearsay with nothing to back it up. The "cunt" part was absolutely unnecessary. Just because I am doing my own due diligence and you do not, and you blindly believing people, that does not mean I am a cunt. For the record, you failed to provide anything to the guarantees I have been asking about. So, until you do so, I will continue being a skeptic.

for anyone in Belgium who needs a decent VPN, I recommend Mullvad: https://mullvad.net/ https://mullvad.net/

by buyucu 1y ago

for anyone in Belgium who needs a decent VPN, I recommend Mullvad: https://mullvad.net/ https://mullvad.net/

I really enjoyed their article on the EU's Chat Control legislation [1]. I'm so sorry to hear that your privacy is being scrutinized y'all. [1] https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol/stop-chatcontrol https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol/stop-chatcontrol

johnisgood 1y ago
> Mullvad is a Swedish VPN company, and our business isn’t directly affected by a possible Chat Control regulation. Sweden is in favor of Chat Control. And this is total bullshit. E2EE instant messaging software will remain encrypted and private. OMEMO and OTR, too.

johnisgood 1y ago

I just tried Mullvad again on Android. It says "out of time" and that I have no more VPN time left on the account. I would have to "add time" (i.e. buy it). I thought Mullvad was free. I am not going to pay for it. Why would I when there are many free ones out there?

fn-mote 1y ago
If you are not the customer, you are the product. Pay for a VPN if you don’t want the VPN company to be complicit in tracking you. And no, Mullvad is not free.
- johnisgood 1y ago
  What guarantees do I have? Any free VPNs could make it pay-to-use without changing a thing. Having to pay for a VPN does not mean that it is more secure or whatever it is you are thinking. I could be a customer AND product at the same time.
  - pixxel 1y ago
    [dead]
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    To the commenter below: > They are regularly audited. This info is freely available. Plus they go above and beyond with collecting as little info possible. Again, what guarantees do I have? Info is freely available, yeah, just like it is freely available about the Earth being flat. > Educate yourself rather than make a cunt of yourself. Educate myself on what exactly? I do not trust anyone blindly when it comes to privacy. It is all just hearsay with nothing to back it up. The "cunt" part was absolutely unnecessary. Just because I am doing my own due diligence and you do not, and you blindly believing people, that does not mean I am a cunt. For the record, you failed to provide anything to the guarantees I have been asking about. So, until you do so, I will continue being a skeptic.