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maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months ago

The Stellar Swedish VPN Service Had to Be Corrupted...

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The Stellar Swedish VPN Service Had to Be Corrupted...

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maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months ago
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  • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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    Mullvad co-founder Daniel Berntason donated 452k euros to the fascist Örebro Party in Sweden which made up 72% of the party’s total funding in 2025. This political party wants to deport non-white citizens and immigrants guised under the white nationalist euphemism “remigration”

    • jdr ( jdr@lemmy.ml ) 
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      How did you find out they were fascist?

      • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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        Check the link under the post.

  • dr-robot ( dr-robot@fedia.io ) 
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    Use AirVPN. It’s activist led from the start.

    • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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      Sadly it does not have independent audits.

  • ugo ( ugo@feddit.it ) 
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    deleted by creator

    • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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      People on that Little Rock are gonna be stoked!

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    Feels like you can’t turn over any rocks these days without seeing fascists scuttle off back into the darkness.

  • sp3ctre ( sp3ctre@feddit.org ) 
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    Someone in a privacy sub mentioned to me, that a refund may be possible, if you are uncomfortable with this situation. Did not try it by myself, but I probably will in the next days.

    https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822246786533774

    Edit: Got my refund.

    • BobChorba ( BobChorba@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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      it worked for me, they refunded me the remaining days in my subscription without problems.

      • sp3ctre ( sp3ctre@feddit.org ) 
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        Nice to hear that!

      • Teilzeitlaurer ( Teilzeitlaurer@piefed.world ) 
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        Which payment method had you used? They don’t offer refunds for all of them according to this support page

        • BobChorba ( BobChorba@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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          I used credit card, sorry didn’t mention that.

          • Teilzeitlaurer ( Teilzeitlaurer@piefed.world ) 
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            No need to apologise. Thanks for answering :)

        • turtl ( turtl@lemmy.ml ) 
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          They make an exception for amazon vouchers fyi. Will get prorated refund via PayPal

  • B0rax ( B0rax@feddit.org ) 
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    Never heard of ivpn, is it comparable to Mullvad?

    • Babalugats ( Babalugats@feddit.uk ) 
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      iVPN and Mullvad are usually the two go-to mentions when somebody asks “what is the best VPN?”.

      There are many comparison reviews and sometimes there are one or two others thrown into the mix, most common one I’ve seen is protonvpn, but others may have seen different

      Another comparison review

      • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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        Here’s another resource!

        https://vpn.techlore.tech/

        • paris ( paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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          Never heard of this site but this is perfect for what I’ve been looking for to switch providers, thanks!!

          • incompetent ( incompetent@programming.dev ) 
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            This is really helpful too:

            https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#detailed-vpn-comparison

    • heliotrope ( heliotrope@retrofed.com ) 
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      I’d say so, yes. The main differences are that the pricing is a little different ($6 per month, rather than €5), the service is based in Gibraltar (a non-UK British Overseas Territory), and it doesn’t offer as many anti-censorship features (just V2Ray over TCP or over QUIC).

      Personally, I like it.

      • ctrl_alt_esc ( ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml ) 
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        So worse in every measure but more expensive?

        • gnutrino ( gnutrino@programming.dev ) 
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          Well the money doesn’t go to support fascists (to the best of my knowledge), so there’s that…

          • tomenzgg ( tomenzgg@midwest.social ) 
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            Yet another deficiency!

            /s

        • Leraje ( leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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          Depending on where you live and the current exchange rate, $6 might be cheaper than €5.

          • potustheplant ( potustheplant@feddit.nl ) 
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            It doesn’t matter where you live. 5 EUR is about 5.75 USD, so I’d say they’re roughly the same price.

          • ctrl_alt_esc ( ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml ) 
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            True, but only two devices instead of five is a dealbreaker

            • Leraje ( leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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              Their standard plan let’s you connect 5 devices.

    • maam ( maam@feddit.uk ) OP
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      IVPN offers a warrant canary and is situated in Gibraltar and the territory has their own variant of GDPR.

  • Ostfriesentee ( ennof@feddit.org ) 
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    Proton VPN also exists. Swiss, though.

  • Edgarallenpwn ( Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social ) 
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    Just installed grapheneos last week and saw IVPN in the Accrescent store. Seemed interesting as I am running low on mullvad time. What a fun synchronicity

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