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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 days ago by e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] voxel@feddit.org -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The company has gone with big profits in recent years through the sale of so-called VPN services, which make it possible to surf anonymously. In 2024, the company had a turnover of SEK 314 million.

Very incompetent author, includes misinformation.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it really that bad? It is a so-called VPN service. I call it that all the time. And they accept anonymous funding through cryptocurrency. I'm not fluent in Swedish Chef, but all this information seems more than accurate enough for me to trust the rest of the article.

[–] voxel@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes, it doesn't take you much research to find out that it is impossible to achieve anonymity only through a normal VPN service. The technology doesn't allow for it.

Everyone who believes otherwise got deceived by cheap marketing lies from providers like NordVPN.