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Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Re: Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Post by yokoprime »

yewenjie wrote: post #2

I have good opinions of Mullvad but I could not find what does it offer that other similar extensions do not? Also, seems like so many privacy-advocating companies are releasing these kind of browser extensions - all doing similar things - while preventing fingerprinting without compromising user experience is still quite difficult.

They don't have much data on record for each account. You just get an account number, thats it. No name or address required, and you can pay by mailing them cash... I find that rather unique. Also they have a no-nonsense payment scheme, no incentives to pay for a full year vs a month, so real easy to just pay for a month here and there

Re: Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Post by djrogers »

This might be the worst worded press release I’ve seen this year. The first paragraph is repeated almost verbatim in the second and third, and none of the rest of this tells me what it does.

It’s a browser extension - at least they got that out, but it increases my privacy how? What does it do that my browser doesn’t already do?

People, if you get one shot to tell your story - tell your story!

Re: Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Post by zaps »

drenvuk wrote: post #4

Just stating here that you'll almost never find Mullvad on a list of top vpns solely due to the fact that all of the top vpns are owned by the same company masquerading as separate ones and pays for all of those lists. Thanks for open sourcing it.

Which company?

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Post by aiscapehumanity »

throwaway1777 wrote: post #3
yewenjie wrote: post #2

I have good opinions of Mullvad but I could not find what does it offer that other similar extensions do not? Also, seems like so many privacy-advocating companies are releasing these kind of browser extensions - all doing similar things - while preventing fingerprinting without compromising user experience is still quite difficult.

I think you answered your own question. They are going after easier low hanging fruit that keeps them on par with other services.

They aren't owned by a company that owns multiple other vpns that they equally boost. It's a pretty self-contained entity ran through without overmarketing or shady business structure.

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Post by E4YomzYIN5YEBKe »

SahAssar wrote: post #9
lucideer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tbh, I think the main reason you never see Mullvad on those lists is that they're targetted at people who want to watch region-restricted TV series.

To be clear, you're saying that most other VPNs are targeting that audience, not mullvad, right?

Streaming services take efforts to block VPNs. VPNs targeting users who want to access streaming services need to work to circumvent the efforts of streaming services. Mullvad does not attempt to do this so.

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Post by dogma1138 »

zaps wrote: post #13
drenvuk wrote: post #4

Just stating here that you'll almost never find Mullvad on a list of top vpns solely due to the fact that all of the top vpns are owned by the same company masquerading as separate ones and pays for all of those lists. Thanks for open sourcing it.

Which company?

Kape Technologies owns ExpressVPN, PIA, CyberGhost and a bunch of other VPNs…

Re: Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Post by lucideer »

SahAssar wrote: post #9
lucideer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tbh, I think the main reason you never see Mullvad on those lists is that they're targetted at people who want to watch region-restricted TV series.

To be clear, you're saying that most other VPNs are targeting that audience, not mullvad, right?

Yup.
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