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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)
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The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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[–] Shaunhitorigoto@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that's a good point haha tax havens for the W I guess. On another note, I think Proton VPN is also a good alternative since they're based in Swiss, where data protection laws are mega strict.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Proton has given user data to the FBI and French authorities.

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

If you have an account with them you should remove the recovery email and credit card. Those are the two things they can share AFAIK.