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We are removing the option to create new subscriptions
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#272Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think its also good for Mullvad, they push people towards the 1y plan instead. No one is going to put their payment info in every single month.
They only have a monthly pricing option I believe https://mullvad.net/en/pricing/
Pricing yes, but you can buy multiple months in advance. You don't get any advantage except convenience.
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#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
that's me and my audible subscription. i should cancel it, but before that i have to use the credits.
Holy cow, that’s evil. 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.
Hmm, that might be illegal in Washington State
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#274When I tried it, they didn't have an iPad app, but it was fine because they give you the configuration and I plugged it into the OpenVPN app.
They have an iPad app now. Makes it easier to switch server but aside of that, no major advantage over WireGuard app. I use WireGuard app since it can auto connect on wifi or cellular.
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#275Mullvad is badass, tried it out for a month and it was glorious, so I just recently pre-paid a full year.
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#276Would it be possible to store subscription data without actually linking it to the account that is affected? Sort of like a one way encryption.
At that point the question becomes one of search space and what real-world data that information ties to.
If Eve can determine the basis for which an account is identified, and there is a small number of subscriptions,[1] then the namespace may be exhaustively searched.
Mind that even if the resulting hash space is large, if the key space is small, the search is tractable. Just look for a resulting valid hash.
Even if a payment is required, if $0.01 is accepted, the cost for testing 1 million keys is $10,000. For a sufficiently high-value target, potentially reasonable. More so if you can create your own money.
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1. For computers, any value "very much smaller than".
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#277My paranoid interpretation of this is that they have already been, or are expecting to be served with some kind of order compelling them to silently hand over billing information. I will admit that I know absolutely nothing of the Swedish legal system.
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#278Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps a Swede can chime in, but I'd imagine Sweden has a lax regulatory approach, e.g. compare the fates of PRQ and Megaupload. It's, admittedly inexplicably, concerning that we've driven people to foreign companies (from American ones) due to government surveillance. It begs the question: under what conditions would a consumer be fine ceding privacy? Transparency? Remuneration?
Not really. See the trial against the founders of The Pirate Bay for example, and the controversies surrounding it. Also, the FRA surveillance. Also, according to the ISP Bahnhof, the police at least used to submit lots of data requests without a court order and for non-serious crimes. AIUI, Bahnhof and other VPN providers stay in the clear by avoiding storage of data in the first place. They can be compelled to hand…
Could you elaborate on the Australian laws?
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#279Re: We are removing the option to create new subscriptions
#280Have Mullvad's privacy guarantees been tested by subpoena?
If your threat model includes nation state intervention, a 5 Euro VPN isn't going to help you. In fact, no VPN is going to help you. The best you can get is probably Tor + Tails, but even then you better be looking over your shoulder.
That is true but not relevant to my question of whether Mullvad's data retention policies have been tested in court. One uses a commercial VPN to pirate HBO, not dodge the alphabet boys.