Posts by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AnpVbu1TG3rxgYPeKm by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2024-11-08T09:23:32Z
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We are removing support for OpenVPN on the 15th January 2026.Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/removing-openvpn-15th-january-2026
(DIR) Post #Anzx4pLUMoXDv8OMYC by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2024-11-13T06:51:17Z
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Remaining PayPal subscriptions are being canceled in order to store less data about our customers.https://mullvad.net/blog/remaining-paypal-subscriptions-are-being-canceled
(DIR) Post #ApTbSVV5LE1VvW3Qhc by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2024-12-23T08:48:24Z
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We are counting down the days until 2025 and are excited about the things that will happen next year. Let us take a look at the special year of 2024. Here is what we remember most fondly: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-review-of-2024
(DIR) Post #ApTbSZ5hzW6L3yDDhg by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2024-12-11T17:28:04Z
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The fourth third-party security audit of the Mullvad VPN app has concluded that the app has a high security level. Some non-critical issues were found, and have been fixed to the extent possible.Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/the-report-for-the-2024-security-audit-of-the-app-is-now-available
(DIR) Post #Ar0kCsDRSjVnkaS0Aq by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-02-11T13:10:19Z
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Today we are announcing a partnership with Obscura VPN, a newly launched two-party VPN service that uses our WireGuard VPN servers as its “exit hop”. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-partnered-with-obscura-vpn
(DIR) Post #AraKxM1GpPJhsjOxhQ by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-02-28T17:51:22Z
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The Swedish and French governments are following in the footsteps of the FBI and want to demand backdoors in end-to-end encrypted messaging services like @signalapp as @Mer__edith said in the Swedish news: "There is no such thing as a backdoor that only the good guys can access.”
(DIR) Post #ArfnNQBBkk8Sot3ggK by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-02-28T17:49:43Z
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To the Swedish and French governments, and to all politicians who believe that they can stop data from ending up in the wrong hands with rules and restrictions: don’t be naive.
(DIR) Post #AskObMNXpdZj272ehM by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-04-04T10:49:13Z
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The EU initiative Going Dark has now been launched by the EU Commission. They call it ProtectEU.It’s a rebranding of Chat Control. New name. Same old propaganda.The EU Commission’s goal is to “access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.”Read the full release from the Commission here:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025PC0148
(DIR) Post #B0EmqIg7a5DjAlUjFg by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-11-14T10:50:14Z
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The EU Council appear ready to approve Chat Control. This must be stopped.To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now present "And Then?" A film directed by Jonas Åkerlund.The backstory: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then
(DIR) Post #B0TZMWPkChywHRYyTA by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-11-21T16:35:41Z
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And then? AI and all the presidents.Mass surveillance is always a slippery slope.It does not belong in free and open societies.The backstory: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then
(DIR) Post #B0cA5nOCNSn3fGHjFI by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T17:21:56Z
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And then? Graffiti artists and siblings with little heads.Stop Chat Control.
(DIR) Post #B0eGuokc3xzwhHOwLI by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-11-26T17:57:15Z
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An important victory – but we still need to stop Chat Control.The Council of Ministers in the EU has, after three years, now reached a common position on Chat Control. The requirement for mandatory scanning (including end-to-end encrypted messaging services) has been removed, which is a major victory. The EU Council failed to implement mandatory mass surveillance. However, in its proposal, they are laying the groundwork for mass surveillance in the future.https://mullvad.net/blog/an-important-victory-but-we-still-need-to-stop-chat-control
(DIR) Post #B1IEKpPhh3esk4jHwO by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-15T14:01:19Z
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This is the final reminder that we are fully removing support for OpenVPN on January 15th 2026, in a month's time.Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/final-reminder-for-openvpn-removal
(DIR) Post #B1NwkHNqCr4iVDbWBE by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-18T20:47:35Z
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The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.
(DIR) Post #B1NwkNNLvaFX5RQDFg by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-18T20:48:03Z
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The EU Commission and several member states are also looking for new rules on data retention. In a new ”Presidency outcome paper”, the member states discuss metadata retention: which websites you visit, and who is communicating with whom, when and how often. The ambition is “to have the broadest possible scope of application” and this time some member states also want the proposal to include VPN services.
(DIR) Post #B1NwkTgiSVIsfEWlGa by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-18T20:48:19Z
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Mullvad has spent the last three years opposing Chat Control 2.0 – even though the law would have affected our business positively.We will continue to fight Going Dark with full force, regardless of whether VPNs are included or not. If VPNs are included, and if Going Dark becomes law, we will never spy on our customers no matter what.
(DIR) Post #B1Q6p2fRjeTGAQfVKK by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-19T16:57:53Z
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The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet.The lawmakers write: “Any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have installed tamper-proof system software which is highly effective at preventing the recording, transmitting (by any means, including livestreaming) and viewing of CSAM using that device.”1/4
(DIR) Post #B1Q6p7lelzPRz8c2CW by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-19T16:58:35Z
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Once again, they use “what about the children”, this time to install state spyware that would continuously scan every action on a phone or tablet and watch everything that is shown on the screen. This will effectively ban end-to-end encrypted communication and open source operating systems like GrapheneOS and forbid that people have administrator rights on their own devices.2/4
(DIR) Post #B1Q6pCyxNy1G9psE7s by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-19T16:59:24Z
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The bill also seeks “Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom” and wants “all regulated user-to-user services to use highly-effective age assurance measures to prevent children under the age of 16 from becoming or being users.” In practice, this means identity checks for VPN users, making things like anonymous whistleblowing difficult.3/4
(DIR) Post #B1Q6pIHDhUbCZvSNmq by mullvadnet@mastodon.online
2025-12-19T16:59:35Z
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The attack on secure and private communication is worldwide. Now is the time for resistance. Demand transparency from your politicians, and privacy for the people.4/4