Post #3565253

2026-06-27 16:42 UTC

Breaking our summer posting break for an important update: we can no longer recommend @mullvadnet as a #VPN service, and #MullvadBrowser or other products of that company. A leadership member has been found to donate to a far-right party: https://det.social/@lostgen/116820546568940358 #Mullvad itself has confirmed the donation in question, and believes they can talk their way out of the issue by framing it as one of "Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment". https://corneill.es/@pi_r/116821863509317168 Needless to say we strongly disagree, and keep following our zero tolerance policy with respect to the far right and their supporters. Hence, currently, our only remaining recommendation for a privacy-respecting VPN service is #IVPN @ivpn

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@oatmeal@kolektiva.social 2026-06-27 16:52

@penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org translation of the original article embedded in this thread https://www.resetera.com/threads/mullvad-vpn-sponsors-far-right-swedish-political-party.1562038/?__cf_chl_tk=C.I.e_5zJUqv2bW2iWp7TvwGGVb6Ilrf1Rsf7bONUp8-1782570812-1.0.1.1-LJ6aDckZbefikd9bXJob2TmEJYiAq3rVDGugLepLgAw Also worth noting that @tailscale@hachyderm.io which offers #mullvad servers as exit nodes in a bundled subscription did not respond to the news yet, afaik #mullvad #sweden #xenophobia #whitesupremacy #racism

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@thevhswizard@retro.pizza 2026-06-27 17:41

@penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org @mullvadnet@mastodon.online @ivpn@mastodon.social Also, just throwing this out there, the Firefox VPN that they're advertising to people through their browser is ALSO just a front-end for Mullvad. Confirmed here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/subscription-services/ Quote: "Mozilla VPN is a Virtual Private Network in partnership with Mullvad."

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@phillycodehound@indieweb.social 2026-06-27 19:34

@penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org @mullvadnet@mastodon.online @ivpn@mastodon.social Good grief. I have a years left on it. What service to you recommend?

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