Switzerland, as a non-EU country, has the edge in terms of data privacy laws, and Mullvad's servers, while some as owned by Mullvad (not rented), are all hosted in partner data centers. I honestly think ProtonVPN has the edge in terms of privacy, because they a) are based in Switzerland and b) they directly control their Secure Core servers in Switzerland, Iceland, and Sweden, in their own data centers. Mullvad seems to have the edge on the latter. There’s security through marketing and advertising and then security through practical terms. To my knowledge mullvad has been subpoenaed once, and no data was handed over. “Swiss privacy” is good in theory, but they still get subpoenaed all the time. Mullvad accounts are much more plausibly deniable than proton ones, because as stated in their TOS, one account could be used by 1 person or 50 people. Mullvad offers many truly anonymous payment methods. Proton even BLOCKS some emails for signup which is highly suspicious Proton requires an email, which is another avenue that can be linked back to you. Proton only accepts PayPal or credit card on your first purchase (or at least they did when I tried to sign up just now) This DIRECTLY links you to an account and in theory your data. Proton was subjected to a monitoring order of a French request to a swiss court for a relatively minor crime. The 14 eyes countries collaborate on intelligence, making it easier to share information, but it doesn’t really matter which country your VPN is hosted in so long as they’re “friendly” with your local government. The treaties people mention are intellegence agreements, not magical collaboration agreements where everyone knows exactly what’s happening at all times. If a country wants to share your data, it doesn’t matter if they’re friends through some intelligence sharing alliance or not, they can still hand over your data. Many counties even outside of these jurisdictions still share data, irrespective of their membership of the 900000 eyes community. When you sign up for a vpn provider, the countries that are in SIGINT alliances don’t matter as much as people think. "Because your activation code can be used to recover your Mullvad account number, you should store the code safely or destroy it." It's not a perfect solution, and again, other VPN's would still be FAR easier targets than this, but this is what they say when redeeming the card (voucher) from Amazon: You can use a false name and such for the return info on the envelope.However if someone is that paranoid, there isn't many VPN's that will do any better as they are far easier to trace anything back to you as most (with the exception of IVPN and possibly one other) require your personal info to open an account.That all said, if you are that concerned where the opportunities for potential privacy that Mullvad offers isn't enough, I would think there are more things to be concerned with.Įdited to add: Mullvad actually addresses your concern on their site. However if you are that concerned about the cash payment, all you need to include is the account number given to you from Mullvad. Not the cheapest VPN, but so what? My concern is privacy and Mullvad has proven themselves. One of the best methods to use for your security. Prepaid Mullvad CardOnce you buy that and use it, none of your personal info is given to Mullvad. This is a 12 month card which is what I purchased. Where you can buy the prepaid Mullvad card. Quite a glowing review of Mullvad for this very concern. Mullvad can offer to give over the server, but it would accomplish nothing as there would be nothing.Something similar has already happened a few months ago apparently. So if a server was seized, the information is gone. Problem being is that the information on Mullvad isn't actually stored/accessed being that the information is not logged. Prepaid card is how I paid for my service, and I absolutely love that system.As for your comment about Sweden. There is no name, address, or any other personal info about you that is given to mullvad in reference to the account.You also are given the option to pay with cash anonymously over the mail, OR you could pay with Crypto such as Monero, paypal, or if you insist, debit/credit card. It's only attached to a randomly created account number which you use to log in and such. :-)įor me, one thing I love about Mullvad is that you have the option to pay with a prepaid card you can order from Amazon, so any account you make isn't in your name. I replied to this post on another sub, but in case it isn't seen I will post it here.
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