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Very interesting. Mullvad seems to be the most extreme and reputable VPN service out there when it comes to privacy. At least it seems that way.
A VPN will hide you from your ISP, but that's about it, isn't it? Does a VPN really provide that much real privacy?
Have Mullvad's privacy guarantees been tested by subpoena?
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A VPN will hide you from your ISP, but that's about it, isn't it? Does a VPN really provide that much real privacy?
It also stops sites you visit from seeing your real IP.
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A VPN will hide you from your ISP, but that's about it, isn't it? Does a VPN really provide that much real privacy?
Well, yes and no. For most people, they're over-rated. You don't even need a VPN to securely pay your credit card bill on public Wi-Fi. However, there are two cases where they are useful: - IP address hiding (something like iCloud Private Relay for iOS/Mac users does this at the browser level, VPN brings it to the entire system) - Legal protections - Location simulation If you want to hide your IP address, this could…
Free tiers provided by various "cloud" services work fine for this one (Oracle is the most generous among them).
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That's a very good question. I wonder why companies don't push hard to disallow third-party services from storing their customers' data. I had this issue as an employe. My employer used a third-party service for onboarding. This service had a breach and my data (including my SSN) was leaked. I've been begging my employer (one reason I wish I lived in California) to take action and have them remove my data, because an…
If you accept payment, it's very hard not to relay some information to a third party, except if you build your own payment provider service... But I'd love to see Stripe make more effort here and e.g. start allowing EU hosting for EU customers and so on.
Have Mullvad's privacy guarantees been tested by subpoena?
This does not apply. They’re european, a subpoena from the us government wouldn’t have any effect on them.
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Part of the advantage of the recurring subscription model is having predictable revenue every month due to it being recurring. And many businesses count on that "gym membership" effect, where people who don't use a service also don't take the time to cancel it for a while.
that's me and my audible subscription. i should cancel it, but before that i have to use the credits.
https://help.audible.com/s/article/do-i-keep-my-credits-if-i...
Do I keep my credits if I cancel my Audible Premium Plus membership? No. If you end your Audible Premium Plus membership, your credits will be lost with your other membership benefits.
I like this a lot even though my primary reason is unexpected subscription renewal. I started a membership site and tried to use every single thing I would want as a customer. One of the things was a reminder that my yearly membership was about to expire, and by doing nothing this would indeed happen. No automatic renewal (but keeping the account in an inactive state). Confident customers can renew for 3 years with a…
There are certain specific things that I would want always to auto renew (like domain names, hosting related stuff etc)
If I ever get round to building a subscription SaaS I might consider “off by default” auto-renewal and leave it to customers to turn it on if want it… though this does add a bit of complexity I guess.
This is a great idea! In practice, how would you go about this e.g. if you're using Stripe? After a few weeks, delete the customer information in Stripe?
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Part of the advantage of the recurring subscription model is having predictable revenue every month due to it being recurring. And many businesses count on that "gym membership" effect, where people who don't use a service also don't take the time to cancel it for a while.
that's me and my audible subscription. i should cancel it, but before that i have to use the credits.