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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Quistermark@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The English Law Act 1962 stipulates that English common law will apply to Gibraltar unless overridden by Gibraltar law. This means that amongst others the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 as well as earlier and later laws around surveillance, apply in Gibraltar by default.

I supposed one would need to find legal counsel in Gibraltar to determine if Gibraltar has passed laws that nullify English laws on surveillance powers, and until proven that Gibraltar has passed said laws the most logical expectation to have is that the same surveillance laws that apply in Great Britain also apply in Gibraltar because everything thing passed in Britain also applies by default in Gibraltar.

[–] edwinbent@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Got it! I also found this IVPN blog post back from 2016 (keeping in mind that it's old and may be biased) and this recent Privacy Guides forum thread for further reading.

I have to say: all legal area is a grey area if you legal hard enough, but British Territories are on another level. I feel like I'm changing their legal system by observing it.