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submitted 4 months ago by communism@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been reading through Signal's government requests and couldn't find a similar section on Mullvad's website. I'd be curious to read about them if there are any. It would seem unlikely to me that Mullvad has never received any kind of court order for information about a user.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 45 points 4 months ago

Yup, Swedish police issued a search warrant and raided Mullvads offices last year. They left empty handed as Mullvad does not retain ANY customer data.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 19 points 4 months ago

They even stopped allowing customers to pay with credit card recurring payments because they didn't want to store customer payment info that could harm their users.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

I currently pay Mullvad with a recurring charge on my credit card.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 4 months ago

They brought it back? That's concerning

[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

They realized banning convenience is bad for business. You can still pay in private ways

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago

When they announced it, they said it would be bad for business, but that they valued their customers privacy more than the cost it would cause in lost business.

[-] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

Once their servers are unplugged they lose all value. While their online and running that could be a different story.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago
[-] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Possible but with physical access needed. Which makes things much more difficult. At least for servers under Mulls control vs rented servers from a provider in each locale.

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