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Apr 3

Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project today present the release of the Mullvad Browser. A privacy-focused web browser designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network. Read the full story and download the browser here.

Free the internet from mass surveillance. With the Mullvad Browser.

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s produced to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. You could say it’s a...

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The National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish police has visited Mullvad VPN with a search warrant, with the intention to seize computers with customer data. No customer data was compromised.

Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised - Blog | Mullvad VPN

On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant.

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Apr 17

We are upgrading the hardware of our Bitcoin Cash server, payments using this cryptocurrency are temporarily disabled. They will become available within 24 hours.

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Mullvad browser: the privacy of Tor, with the perks of a VPN

Apr 11

"The more people who use the Mullvad Browser, the better for privacy. We hope that people join the resistance against mass surveillance, big data gathering and surveillance capitalism,” says Mullvad CEO Jan Jonsson.

techradar.com

How could a Tor browser without its network work in practice?

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Apr 6

The quantum-resistant tunnels feature is finally stabilized, and can easily be enabled for all WireGuard tunnels in our desktop app.

Stable Quantum-resistant tunnels in the app! - Blog | Mullvad VPN

The quantum-resistant tunnels feature is finally stabilized and can easily be enabled for all WireGuard tunnels in our desktop app.

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Tor Project’s New Privacy-Focused Browser Lets You Layer a VPN

Apr 3

”Mullvad’s mission is to make mass surveillance impractical, and a VPN alone is not enough for achieving online privacy - you also need a privacy-focused web browser,” says Mullvad CEO Jan Jonsson.

“We're into building alternatives in collaboration, in solidarity with other organizations, because this is a big fight. We’re going against big players, so we need to work together,” says Isabela Bagueros, executive director of the

@torproject

wired.com

Mullvad Browser, a collaboration between the nonprofit and Mullvad VPN, offers an anti-tracking browser designed to be used with a VPN.

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“From our perspective there has been a gap in the market for those who want to run a privacy-focused browser as good as the Tor Project’s but with a VPN instead of the Tor Network,” says Jan Jonsson, CEO at Mullvad VPN.

MULLVAD VPN AND THE TOR PROJECT TEAM UP TO RELEASE THE MULLVAD BROWSER. - Blog | Mullvad VPN

Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project today present the release of the Mullvad Browser, a privacy-focused web browser designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network.

“Developing this browser with Mullvad is about providing people with more privacy options for everyday browsing and to challenge the current business model of exploiting people’s behavioral data,” says Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director, The Tor Project.

“Ylva Johansson is comparing encrypted communications to being able to smell a bag without see what’s inside. You can’t sniff end-to-end encrypted communication without looking at the communication. It’s either encrypted or it’s not.”

youtube.com

EU commissioner thinks you can sniff encrypted communications like a...

The interview: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/3/28/the-european-commission-does-not-understand-what-is-written-in-its-own-chat-control-bill/ https://www...

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is a professor and cryptographer at John Hopkins University. Read his remarks on chat control at

blog.cryptographyengineering.com

Remarks on “Chat Control”

On March 23 I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA). The focus of this discussion was on recent legislative proposals, …

It’s obvious, this EU proposal must be stopped. This is also important for the rest of the world. As

@matthew_d_green

puts it: "If the 447 million citizens of the EU vote to weaken these technical systems, it could affect all consumers of computer security technology worldwide."

Read all the misleading arguments and misinformation Ylva Johansson is using during the interviews at

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN IN ITS OWN CHAT CONTROL BILL - Blog |...

Ylva Johansson is the EU Commissioner in charge of the Chat Control Bill. In recent days she has taken part in several interviews in Swedish media and also spoken in front of EU parliament members.

It also seems like the slippery slope has started already. At a press conference Ylva Johansson talked about drug dealing on

@Snapchat

and that she has already started the discussing to broadening the usage of the chat control system.

She goes on and on with the argument that scanning for criminal communication in end-to-end-encrypted apps is like having a sniffing dog searching for drugs.

"… but that does not mean that we should say that as long as we use encrypted communication, we will not take steps to apprehend child sexual abuse.”

When the same journalist then asks “won’t the criminals use the same encrypted contacts?” she replies: "No, I think it's very important that we defend the possibility and the right to encrypted communication…”

When a journalist asks Ylva Johansson if whistleblowers and journalists will be able to have encrypted contact that the authorities cannot read, Ylva Johansson answers: "Yes, of course."

Ylva Johansson also claims that

@signalapp

today scans its users' encrypted communication to search for viruses and therefore it’s possible to search for criminal material and grooming in the same way.

For example,

says there are technical solutions to scan end-to-end encrypted communication without breaking the encryption.

Ylva Johansson – the EU Commissioner in charge for the chat control law proposal – has made several appearances in the Swedish media. It’s obvious that she doesn’t understand her own proposal and the consequences it would have.

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN IN ITS OWN CHAT CONTROL BILL - Blog |...

Ylva Johansson is the EU Commissioner in charge of the Chat Control Bill. In recent days she has taken part in several interviews in Swedish media and also spoken in front of EU parliament members.

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Mullvad.net Retweeted

Niels PaarupPetersen

@nielspaarup

Mar 28

Utmärkt beskrivning av specialist i datarelaterat juridik i samarbete med

@KarlEmilNikka

om det orimliga i #chatcontrol datajurist.se/vad-ar-egentli

Mar 15

We are aware of issues impacting our backend services. We are actively working to resolve the issue, thank you for your patience

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Mar 15

Today we sent a total of 705 brochures, to all the members of the EU Parliament. Just in case they have missed that the EU Commission's chat control proposal violates human rights. We urge them all to vote no. You can download the brochure at mullvad.net/chatcontrol #chatcontrol

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Encryption is under attack, and the Online Safety Bill isn't the only culprit

Mar 14

"There are only two reasons to promote such laws. Either politicians don't know what they are doing, or that's just an excuse to monitor the whole population," says Jan Jonsson, CEO at Mullvad.

techradar.com

Tensions between public safety and user privacy are growing everywhere

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Mar 14

”The EU’s chat control legislation is the most alarming proposal I’ve ever read. Taken in context, it is essentially a design for the most powerful text and image-based mass surveillance system the free world has ever seen.”

@matthew_d_green

professor at Johns Hopkins University.

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Matthew Green

@matthew_d_green

Mar 10

The EU’s “chat control” legislation is the most alarming proposal I’ve ever read. Taken in context, it is essentially a design for the most powerful text and image-based mass surveillance system the free world has ever seen.

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Mar 13

It’s now 10 years since

@snowden

revealed the US system of mass surveillance, with the ability to collect every single phone call, text message and email. Now the EU commission wants to do the same. In plain sight. Not the development we were hoping for. Stop #chatcontrol

Permanent Record by

Page 1. Row 12. “The change from the targeted surveillance of individuals to the mass surveillance of entire populations.” Sounds like a good summary of the EU Commission's chat control proposal.

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Handing out Stop Chat Control information outside the Swedish Parliament, where the Swedish Committee on EU Affairs is meeting today. Still waiting for

@sweden2023eu

to oppose the law proposal. Stop #chatcontrol mullvad.net/chatcontrol

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Mar 10

If the European Commission’s law proposal #chatcontrol becomes reality, a new EU center for mass surveillance will be built. Here are some name proposals from us: Ministry of Truth, Soma or maybe Secret Archives of the Universal State. More suggestions, anyone?

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WhatsApp Has Started a Fight With the UK About Encryption

Mar 10

"I think the general idea is to go after encryption in the long run,” says Jan Jonsson, CEO of Swedish VPN company Mullvad.

wired.com

The head of the messaging app says a new law will undermine privacy. The government says it’s about protecting children.

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”Stoppa förslaget om massövervakning i EU” | SvD Debatt

Mar 9

By the way, still waiting for your reply

@YlvaJohansson

on this one:

svd.se

DEBATT. Jan Jonsson: EU-kommissionen vill införa en digital övervakning vars motsvarighet bara går att hitta i totalitära stater som Kina. Varför pratar nästan ingen om detta?

On the streets of Europe: EU ads talking about human rights. Meanwhile in the European Commission: we don’t care if our chat control proposal violates human rights. Walk the walk

@Europarl_EN

Stop #chatcontrol mullvad.net/chatcontrol

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We urge the

to oppose the

chat control proposal. #chatcontrol mullvad.net/chatcontrol

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”Protect anonymous sources and whistleblowers.”

@sweden2023eu

says that democratic values are a priority of the Swedish Presidency. Isn’t it about time for journalists to demand answer on this question: the chat control proposal violates human rights – why don’t you oppose it?

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Tutanota

@TutanotaTeam

Mar 8

Let's fight chat control! Congrats to

Stop Chat Control: EU Study Warns of Law Against Child Abuse

- you really nail it with your new campaign against client-side scanning! 💪🔒 #privacy #e2ee #encryption #clientsidescanning

tutanota.com

According to an analysis by the EU Parliament's Scientific Service, chat control will be counterproductive.

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Messaging services : Proposed EU regulation would open way to mass surveillance

Mar 8

Reporters Without Borders on #chatcontrol: “Such a demand from the European Commission is unacceptable and dangerous, both for press freedom and democracies.” Now is the time for journalists all around the world to demand answers from the EU politicians.

rsf.org

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a European Union proposal for combatting child sexual abuse under which the content of instant messaging apps, including encrypted ones, would be...

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