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Mullvad Review of 2024

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Re: Mullvad Review of 2024

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Q for Mullvad users: How often is access trough Mullvad VPN blocked by sites?

EU user here. Streaming platforms approaching 100%. Other than that, not common, but slightly increasing.

Re: Mullvad Review of 2024

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I've used Mullvad for quite a long time now, and haven't had too much trouble, though as of late the performance the last year seems... lower than previous ones.

But honestly I think dragnet surveillance has won, so that's a moot point for usage (just my opinion).

I mainly use it to keep from doxing myself (OpenVPN + socks v5), because for some reason every website you go to now wants to know if you're interested in X at [Your location].

with a footer like `[IPv4] [IPv6] [lat, lon] [First Name, Last Name] [SSN#]` Serving you proudly since 2005!

Re: Mullvad Review of 2024

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Q for Mullvad users: How often is access trough Mullvad VPN blocked by sites?

Often if you're on a bad node that has been rate-limited, usually connecting to a different node in the region helps. However VPN blocking very often and more frequent especially this year, it seems like walls are going up everywhere.

Side note: one of Mullvad's Miami servers is blocked by HN, I have to switch nodes if I land on that one because "Sorry" message.

Re: Mullvad Review of 2024

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Q for Mullvad users: How often is access trough Mullvad VPN blocked by sites?

It's fairly rare during general browsing, but Mullvad makes no attempt to hide that their servers are VPN IPs, so any site that explicitly wants to block VPN users will very likely block Mullvad. Mostly an issue if you're trying to use a VPN to view geo-blocked media.
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