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Mullvad has partnered with Obscura VPN (www.mullvad.net)
submitted 4 weeks ago by pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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First I'm hearing of ObscuraVPN at least, but it does seem to be a very new player in the market. However from reading through their website and Github. This service does look very promising! Though it is slightly more expensive than Mullvad.

Anyone had the chance to test their service yet? Does it seem interesting to you? Let's discuss.

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[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It does seem interesting,
but I remain skeptical.

This means putting your trust in Obscura, since they're the 1st hop, receiving your data without additional encryption, a new player, who yet has to prove that they're trustworthy.

Sure their Github may show great software, but that doesn't mean we can see which software they might additionally install on their servers.

Meanwhile Mullvad has already been proven to be trustworthy through the best possible review any VPN company can receive, being: Server seized by the feds, but zero useful info retrieved by them.

Which proves they back up their claim of being a No-Log VPN.

Due to this I trust Mullvad,
and don't have any issues with sending them my data.

But I can't put the same faith in Obscura yet, not before they receive a similar "review".

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Server seized by the feds, but zero useful info retrieved by them.

The gold standard.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Assuming they don't log your perfectly trackable payments.

[–] 01011@monero.town 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

They don't take xmr or cash?

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't see an option, a statement claiming so, or even just a mention of a future.

[–] 01011@monero.town 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's strange that they'd partner with Mullvad but fail to adopt their payment methods. Even proton allows for cash to be mailed in.