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I agree with what you're saying, but I don't believe Mullvad push that narrative.

In the article, they warn that "DNS leaks may have serious privacy implications for users".

Looking at their marketing homepage, they say "Using a VPN alone is not enough to achieve perfect privacy. There’s simply too much data being extracted through most browsers."

They also have this expansive analysis of the major threats to internet privacy: https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters/how-mass-surveill...



I read the threats page, and it covered some of the most glaring topics.

It would be nice if they could address this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Sweden#:~:text=In%....

It also seems like there's some misunderstanding about what the internet is in general here or a really bad misrepresentation ("you're not on the internet because your packet traveled over wavelength" wtf):

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2020/1/24/no-tears-lets-get-carr...


>It would be nice if they could address this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Sweden#:~:text=In%....

They have. Several times actually. You should browse their literature more thoroughly. Mullvad is not an internet service provider.

"[...] we, as a VPN service provider are not regarded as an electronic communications network nor an electronic communications service."

"[...] This means authorities cannot use LEK nor IHL to request information from Mullvad."

"Since Mullvad VPN by law is not required to collect any data related to our users’ activities online [...]"

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/update-the-swedish-authorities-a...

More thoroughly, see:

https://mullvad.net/en/help/swedish-legislation


> we, as a VPN service provider are not regarded as an electronic communications network nor an electronic communications service

haha


This has been confirmed through the legal process in Sweden. What are you laughing about?


Leased wavelengths are a thing. The phrasing is a bit weird but not wrong.




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