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Mullvad has partnered with Obscura VPN (www.mullvad.net)

submitted 4 months ago by pjusk to c/privacy

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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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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (4 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".

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

The gold standard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Assuming they don't log your perfectly trackable payments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They don't take xmr or cash?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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.

I've not checked but the whole claim is to use additional encryption, between you and the 2nd hop.

With our 2-party setup, Obscura operates the 1st hop, and we’re proud to partner with Mullvad who operates the 2nd (exit) hop. As the WireGuard packets are end-to-end encrypted to Mullvad’s servers, we never see any parts of your packet in plaintext (not even SNI). In fact, you can check your connected server’s public key in the Obscura App against those listed on Mullvad’s server page!

https://obscura.net/blog/bootstrapping-trust/#obscura

[–] fxomt 2 points 4 months ago

They seem good, but they're new and we can't know just yet whether we can trust them or not.