Could someone fully explain the mullvad controversy. From my knowledge so far it seems like the cofounder donated to an alt right party and it’s probably a bad sign for the company. Anything I’m missing?

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I’m missing even more. What does “paying for Mullvad” mean? What is the product?

    • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      their primary product is a VPN. for ages they’ve been the best in class for privacy vpn. however, it turns out their CEO is basically singlehandedly bankrolling a far right political party in Sweden so people are looking for alternatives