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[Shitpost] Government bodies that block your VPN
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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026
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I can do whatever with Mullvad VPN here in Sweden besides of logging into my bank. They are blocking the Swedish servers for whatever reason so I just change to the Norwegian servers instead.
That is so... Interesting? ๐ What do they have to gain by blocking their own IPs/locations but not the neighboring country's...
That is a good question. I contacted Mullvad few years ago and since I download my emails for local storage and then delete them from the server, I can't find their response (am not home at this very moment).
But I want to remember is that my bank blocks the Swedish VPN servers due to fraud/misuse.