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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago

Mullvad - June 2023, the third audit. We'd also like an update, but it has completed a number of other security audits since

Oh, I can feel mullvads policy in that ~~article~~ opinion, especially since Mullvad too has had their no logging policies tested in practice just like Windscribe
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/update-the-swedish-authorities-answered-our-protocol-request

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I enjoy that Mullvad are transparent with their third party security audits:
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/fourth-infrastructure-audit-completed-by-cure53

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tom's Guide has nothing to do with Tom, and it's not for privacy oriented people.

Case in point: In the article they link their top 5 VPN picks for 2025. Those being NordVPN, Surfshak, ExpressVPN, Proton and PIA. And for some reason the site has a hate-boner for Mullvad, and keeps mocking it in this article, and others for not having all "features" the others do, not paying for audits, etc.