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@ivpnnet You should still make a per-tab proxy switch extension, just saying :)

@MoonDevCZ It’s a malicious extension / deliberate scam, not a community effort.

Note: IVPN does not publish browser extensions for the VPN service. If you have installed one, remove it immediately and contact our support team. If you haven't, consider any IVPN-branded browser extensions in web stores malicious.

Mullvad is a political company. We fight for freedom of speech, freedom of information and the right to privacy. These are firmly held values of the founders of Mullvad. Mullvad protects the right for people to express things we don't agree with. We protect the right of everyone to access views we don't agree with. We also live these values by being tolerant in our daily work. Everyone is welcome to collaborate with Mullvad if they share these narrow core values. As employees, contractors, customers, suppliers, lobbyists, campaign partners or whatever it might be. No matter what their other opinions are and no matter whether the founders or anyone else in Mullvad dislike them. The founders themselves fundamentally disagree on several important issues. This is what allows us to advance our common causes. Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment is also liberating and promotes truth seeking. The more people do this, the better a place the world will be. It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission, in the same way that someone's opinions on animal rights, taxes or public healthcare policy isn't. That said, if you no longer want to be a Mullvad customer for philosophical reasons, we think it's important to honor that, and will gladly refund you.

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@mysk_co Can you please test IVPN?

Using Loupe, we found out that Proton VPN is the only VPN that prevents internal tunnel IP fingerprinting by assigning 10.2.0.2 to all users. Other VPNs, such as Mullvad, assign a static and unique IP per session. This allows iOS apps to track user sessions across apps.

So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully controlled internet. The age verification rush must be slowed down, and politicians need to recognize the consequences of different types of legislation and systems. Age verification is the wrong approach to fix “the social media problem” The big tech social media companies are bad. Their business model is bad; it is based on mass surveillance and manipulation, and they cooperate with governments in mapping entire populations. But age verification is fundamentally the wrong approach to preventing children from using big tech social media platforms. Introducing age verification is based on coercion; the state forces social media companies to verify their users’ identities. But the big tech social media platforms already know which of their users are children. Their business model depends on knowing this. They know how old users are, and they know exactly what type of person they are. As age verification is based on coercion, politicians could instead force platforms to stop doing the things politicians consider harmful to children, or force them to block children (again, they know who they are) from using their services. But instead, politicians seek to massively invade everyone’s privacy and undermine democratic rights on a global scale. In other words, the latter is the real objective – they do not want to protect children; they want to impose control. Slippery slope of age verification It is undeniable that age verification threatens freedom of expression, risks increasing mass surveillance, and is likely to lead to censorship. It will not only shrink the online world and reduce young people’s right to privacy (for example, if VPN services were to be restricted); but also risks becoming a significant step toward a controlled internet for everyone. Most age verification is identity verification Most countries are now considering introducing age verification systems, meaning that everyone would have to identify themselves either to the service/website they want to use or to a third party capable of linking them to their activity on that service or website. This is not age verification but identity verification, and the consequence is therefore that freedom of information is restricted (you can no longer visit regulated websites anonymously) and that you can no longer post anonymously on social media. This is a major problem in countries like the UK and Germany where the police conduct raids on people’s homes for posting content on social media that the authorities dislike. Or in the United States, where authorities are trying to pressure tech companies into revealing the identities behind accounts protesting ICE. Social media identity verification removes important tools for activists in countries where criticizing those in power is dangerous. Restrictions on app store or operating system level Some countries are looking to impose identity verification at the app store level or even within the operating system itself. This is an exciting experiment, since this is possible to circumvent using open-source operating systems. Some countries are already looking to include open-source systems. Since open-source systems cannot be controlled, politicians would ultimately need to ban devices that are not controlled by the state. The end point: telescreens like those in Orwell’s 1984, devices that both monitor you and broadcast only the information approved by the state. The Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) alternative and the EU The EU has presented its own age verification app as “completely anonymous”. The idea is to use Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography to break the link between the age credential issuer (EU governments) and the regulated services/sites. Currently, the EU app does not have ZKP functionality, contrasting Ursula von der Leyen’s claim that the app ”is technically ready to be used”. But more importantly, the app is currently designed to always function without ZKP technology; if ZKP is unavailable, the app falls back to a non-ZKP model. Even if fully developed ZKP technology could be implemented in the future, it would remain an optional extra feature that countries may choose to disable and that the EU could remove at any time. Read more on our site. mullvad.net/blog/age-verif…

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@TutaPrivacy Why do people never mention @ivpnnet

MAKE THE SWITCH TO PRIVACY Gmail → Tuta Mail Instagram → Pixelfed WhatsApp → Signal Chrome → Helium NordVPN → Mullvad & drop your suggestions - together we can spread #privacy! ♥️

@T3chFalcon @fileverse @mullvadnet Add @ivpnnet

What privacy-first software looks like: ddocs[.]new(@fileverse) → documents encrypted locally before upload. the provider cannot read drafts, deleted text, or revision history. privacy enforced by cryptography. Mullvad VPN(@mullvadnet) → privacy-focused VPN with anonymous account generation, minimal data collection, and optional anonymous payments. Windscribe (@windscribecom)privacy-focused VPN designed to reduce tracking, hide your IP address, and give users more control over their network privacy GrapheneOS(@GrapheneOS) → hardened Android-based OS focused on security, sandboxing, and minimizing unnecessary data collection. Linux → open-source operating systems that give users more transparency, control, and customization over their devices and data. Brave(@brave), LibreWolf, Tor Browser(@torproject) → privacy-focused browsers with tracker blocking, anti-fingerprinting protections, and stronger control over web surveillance. Signal(@signalapp) → end-to-end encrypted messaging with minimal metadata retention. open source and built around private communication. Monero(@monero) → privacy-focused cryptocurrency that hides sender, receiver, and transaction amounts by default instead of exposing everything on a public ledger. What did i miss ? 🤔

A new VPN leak that allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel has recently been discovered by @cybaqkebm Read more here: mullvad.net/blog/any-app-o…

What do you do when you get banned on British TV?

At Vivaldi, we believe you have the right to run whatever software you want on a device you own. That’s why we’ve co-signed this open letter, together with other 53 organisations, requesting Google to back off on the policy before it enters into force. keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Bro Google is doing something wild. Starting September 2026 every Android developer has to give Google their government ID. Legal name. Home address. Phone number. And pay a fee. Even if they never use the Play Store. Even if they just put their app on their own website. So basically if you build any app for Android — Google wants to know exactly who you are. No exceptions. Brave, EFF, Tor Project and 40+ other organizations said no and signed an open letter against it. And think about who this really hurts. The people building privacy apps, VPNs, encrypted messaging, tools for journalists and activists. People who specifically chose to stay away from Google. Now Google wants their home address. Google is literally building a database of every person who writes Android software. Run by Google. Controlled by Google. Android was supposed to be the open system. The alternative to Apple locking everything down. Slowly it's starting to look the same. Is Android still actually open? 👇

I don't want a city on Mars. I don't want AI in every app. I don't want data centres in space. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want bees to survive.

The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification. A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.

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🚨SHOCKING: 🇵🇱 This is the youth in Poland. Tradition and culture carried forward. They don't need asylum seekers. The EU wants to change this.

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