The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party

https://mastodon.social/@raphaelrobert/116816274242387568

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/62910850

(Interesting that it didn't show up here beforehand...)

The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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alakey@piefed.social · 47 pts · 61d

“It’s sad that it’s needed,”

No, it's not needed at all you twat. What a way to ruin your reputation.

Bristlecone@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 61d

Well then FUCK Mullvad

strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 61d (8 replies)

Might be a dumb idea, but could a VPN be crowd-sourced? What if multiple people managed different instances, almost like a virtual coöp?

veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 61d (1 reply)

That's more or less what Tor is. Technically it's feasible, the issue is the amount and kind of trust between users and contributors that it requires.

strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 61d

The issue with Tor is that it's rather slow, since it passes through several nodes before it arrives at its destination (or leaves the network).

schnur@mementomori.social · 10 pts · 61d (5 replies)
strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 61d

Tor sucks for larger amounts of data though.

schnur@mementomori.social · 1 pts · 61d (3 replies)

@strawberry_enjoyer42 @veniasilente NymVPN is decentralised too, but I still must learn about their privacy.

gothic_lemons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 61d (3 replies)

Ok mullvad is out. Same as proton VPN. Nord is shit. Any recommendations?

maam@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 61d

Check out IVPN

veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 60d

None that I've actually tested.

That said, Proton's free tier is decent enough and you are not paying them a dime. With any luck, you're actually costing them money.

Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 60d

Njalla is worth looking at but I ain't vetting anything lol

crazyminner@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 61d (5 replies)

Is this the same company that makes the browser mull?

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 61d

No. Mull is discontinued and was made by DivestedOS. Ironfox is a fork of Mull.

Mullvad makes the Mullvad Browser with was made in partnership with Tor.

schnur@mementomori.social · 4 pts · 61d (1 reply)

@crazyminner Dont use mull, it doesn't get security updates anymore. Its Ironfox for a year+ now.
Mullvad Browser is Desktop only.

crazyminner@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 61d

Thanks for the suggestion, just installed it now.

veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 60d

Honestly I don't know. Isn't mull a fork of Firefox?

CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 61d
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Fleur_@aussie.zone · -10 pts · 61d (2 replies)

I've got some bad news about people with a lot of money for you mate.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 10 pts · 61d (1 reply)

But I've also got some good news: they're quite tasty.

veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 61d

Limbs tend to come off rather easily. Heads as well. Just a bit of gravity does the work.