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Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters

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201 points sdsantos | 4 comments | 03 Sep 25 16:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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tetris11 ◴[03 Sep 25 17:44 UTC] No.45118548[source]▶
MullvadVPN seem to be pretty decent at the moment, but it looks like they're laying down a worldwide VPN infrastructure of sorts that other VPN companies can rent (similar to phone networks)

This makes me feel a little uneasy of their unstated longterm goals (corner the entire market), but I do think they are the most trustworthy out there right now

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1. mft_ ◴[03 Sep 25 20:12 UTC] No.45119916[source]▶
I'm a happy Mullvad customer for years now, except a lot of their IPs seem to have been flagged (presumably due to scraping or similar) meaning that some sites are close to unusable when behind the VPN. Reddit is a prime example.

(I read somewhere a while back that they don't refresh their IPs (unlike some other VPNs?) but I have no special insight into this.)

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2. commandersaki ◴[04 Sep 25 09:01 UTC] No.45125160[source]▶
This is the reality of VPNs, they’re going to end up with a short shelf life because major sites block them. Australians think that VPN will save them with the upcoming age restriction and verification for social media sites in coming months, and I’m quite sure that most VPN providers will be ineffective.
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3. immibis ◴[04 Sep 25 21:09 UTC] No.45132216[source]▶
They'll work to hide you from Australia.
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4. commandersaki ◴[05 Sep 25 07:37 UTC] No.45135963{3}[source]▶
Not helpful to circumvent age restrictions when the major social sites block them outright.