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Joined December 16, 2020

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

The EU age verification app is presented as “completely anonymous”. The idea is to use Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography. But currently, the EU app does not have ZKP functionality. More importantly, the app is designed to always function without ZKP. Even if fully developed ZKP technology could be implemented in the future, it would remain an optional feature that countries may choose to disable and that the EU could remove at any time. More details on https://mullvad.net/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 5mo ago

Boosted by @hypebot@tacocat.space

It’s absurd that American authorities can purchase personal data – that they’re not allowed to gather themselves without a warrant – directly from data brokers. This violates the Fourth Amendment, and it’s time to close the data broker loophole. Today, the Surveillance Accountability Act was introduced. It requires warrants based on probable cause for all government surveillance and data access. You can read more about it here: https://www.surveillanceaccountability.com/

surveillanceaccountability.com

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

Chat Control 1 is back. By a margin of 314-276, the EU Parliament voted to reject the legislation. However, since it was an urgent procedure, an absolute majority of 361 votes was required. As a result, the majority lost and Chat Control 1 passed. The urgent procedure was a dirty tactic by the Council and parts of the Parliament – it’s a procedure not meant to be used for legislation already rejected by the Parliament.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @hypebot@goingdark.social

Piccadilly Circus, London. Keir Starmer now demands state spyware on every mobile device, always watching the screen, scanning everything, looking for things the government disapproves of.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

Replying to

Whistleblowers, activists, and journalists depend on anonymous VPN services. Requiring identity verification for VPN services would put them at risk. It would also have a chilling effect on online debate (VPNs can help people post anonymously on social media). In authoritarian countries, VPN services are crucial forcriticizing the government. That is precisely why such governments seek to ban or restrict them. Hopefully, the UK will not join that list. 2/2

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

Amazing, this one is up. For now.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

Chat Control 1 is dead. Let’s end Chat Control 2.

Members of The European Parliament: stand firm in your position – no mass surveillance whatsoever!

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

We would like to address the recent controversy about one of the owners of Mullvad making a donation to a Swedish political party. https://mullvad.net/blog/donation-controversy

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

Piccadilly Circus. The London Councils didn’t like our campaign against the upcoming state spyware in the UK. So, first the word ”government” was blacked out. Then the whole message was scrapped. On the other side of the road, though: alive and kicking.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

London Underground. VPN restrictions are still on the table in the UK. Much of it depends on the next Prime Minister. Hopefully, that question mark won't turn into a full stop.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

Looking to be a star on CCTV?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

The only way we want our ads to come down. When people take them home.

a) Keep them.
b) Send them to Ashton Kutcher.
c) Put them outside 10 Downing Street.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

On Thursday, the European Parliament votes on Chat Control 1 (the voluntary scanning, not the mandatory scanning, called Chat Control 2). Again. The Parliament has already voted against Chat Control 1. Two times. But the Council of Ministers and the Parliament President refuse to accept it. The President of the European Parliament has sided with the Council against her own chamber. For context, this is the EP President, Roberta Metsola: https://x.com/EP_President/status/1637823787264618497

Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) on X

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Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) on X

Great meeting film legend, entrepreneur and all round good guy Ashton Kutcher @aplusk at @Europarl_EN today to discuss Europe's efforts to protect children. Grateful for his tireless commitment and determination in the fight against child abuse and trafficking.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

A new VPN leak that allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel has recently been discovered by Yusuf (https://x.com/cybaqkebm)

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/any-app-on-recent-android-versions-can-leak-certain-traffic

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

That's the spirit.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then? And then, in 2026 the final negotiations began, between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU. At the same time, the European Commission is working on a Plan B, through the initiative Going Dark/ProtectEU, where they once again try to force total surveillance (this time organized crime is the excuse) on the citizens of the EU. And then? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzvUW8qaWY

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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First, Ashton Kutcher convinced the EU Commission that they could scan everything on an EU citizen’s phone or computer (messages, photos, emails, phone calls, all of it) for child sexual abuse material without, at the same time, looking at the content of other types of communication. And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then politicians in Brussels wanted to exempt themselves from the scanning. And then? And then the European Parliament, in an almost historic consensus, voted against the proposal and called Chat Control nothing but mass surveillance. As one of the members of the parliament said: “The Commission wasn’t focusing on protecting children but wanted mass surveillance.” And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then it was revealed that Europol wanted unlimited access and wanted to use the scanning for more than just child abuse crimes, saying that all data – also unfiltered and innocent material – should be stored because it “could at some point be useful to law enforcement”. And then? And then it was revealed that employees at Europol had joined Thorn, to lobby their old colleagues. And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

Our WireGuard implementation, GotaTun was recently audited by Assured Security Consultants. Two identified low severity issues were fixed prior to the completion of the audit.

No major vulnerabilities were found.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/a-security-audit-of-gotatun-is-now-available

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· 7mo ago

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And then it was revealed that Thorn, the organization founded by Ashton Kutcher and which had been lobbying for Chat Control from the beginning, was selling the kind of scanning technology that could be used for Chat Control – despite being registered as a charity organization in the EU’s lobbying registry. And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@rysiek@mstdn.social Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then The Council of the EU (law proposals must go through both the Parliament and the Council), after three years of negotiation, finally reached a common position on Chat Control. The requirement for mandatory scanning (including end-to-end encrypted messaging services) was removed, which is a major victory, but several problematic elements remain in the Council's position. For instance, the Council wants to demand ID Control to use messaging services (including end-to-end encrypted).

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then it was revealed that Thorn, together with the EU Commission, had also started and funded “children’s rights organizations” that had supported the proposal. What appeared publicly to be charitable organizations were in fact lobby groups. And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 5mo ago

Apple's networking stack is preventing the iOS app from being as secure as possible, we have now secured our app to mitigate this despite the rough edges around the update procedure. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/force-all-app-traffic-into-the-tunnel

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

The Mullvad night shift at work. Stay tuned.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then experts from all over the world explained to her that the kind of scanning she was talking about (as Ylva described it: a drug-sniffing dog that can detect illegal content in a message without reading the message) simply cannot be done safely, and that Chat Control would mean the end of privacy and pose a security threat to all Europeans. Ylva responded with: “what about the children?” And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

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When we projected our banned TV ads onto buildings in London, we thought this would be a fitting location. Nineteen Eighty-Four was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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And then EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson presented the legislative proposal called Chat Control, which aimed to scan everything on all EU citizens' phones and computers (including conversations in end-to-end-encrypted messaging services). The message from the Commission was: we will only search for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). And then?

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

What do you do when you get banned on British TV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhznrpgl7k

Banned TV ad in the streets of London I Mullvad VPN

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

Hear, hear. NO MORE AND THEN!

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

“The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.” George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Two months left before the UK government requires all content on British citizens' mobile devices to be scanned. Piccadilly Circus, London: Nineteen Eighty-Four was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

Starting with 16.0a1 alpha release, Mullvad Browser Alpha is based on the Firefox Rapid Release channel rather than the Extended Support Release (ESR). The alpha release is now available on Linux ARM.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-browser-alpha-moves-to-firefox-rapid-release-and-adds-linux-arm-support

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@astro@beige.party @lostgen@det.social Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@MimiKong@mastodon.scot @JulianOliver@mastodon.social Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@leo@gts.heitmannruiz.org Thanks! We will amend!

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@mav@masto.hackers.town Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 5mo ago

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@outstar https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser/issues/24#issuecomment-3590034220 It is something we are interested in having.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 5mo ago

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@Regez Please contact our support team about this. support at mullvadvpn dot net

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 5mo ago

@GeoffWozniak@masto.hackers.town

Please contact our Support Team rather than Mastodon.

support at mullvadvpn dot net

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@poliorcetics@social.treehouse.systems Thanks! We will amend!

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@canleaf@mastodon.social Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social

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@heptag0n@todon.eu @StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @lostgen@det.social Contact our Support Team by email: support at mullvadvpn dot net

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 6mo ago

@kangaroo@infosec.exchange

We do not block rt.com, but please contact our Support Team by email rather than Mastodon:

support at mullvadvpn dot net

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@lostgen@det.social Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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Mullvad VPN @mullvadnet@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@Vordus@chitter.xyz Mullvad is a political company fighting for free speech, free information and privacy, with two equal co-founders, co-owners and co-CEOs who fundamentally disagree on many issues. Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission. We protect the right to express and access views we disagree with. We welcome anyone sharing these core values, whatever their other opinions. We are happy to refund others who don't, where we can.

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