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Comment by willis936

21 hours ago

Is this at all related to Wyden's recent congressional warning? Are any other VPN providers speaking up on this?

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_g...

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john_strinlai  21 hours ago

it is a direct response to this disclosure: https://tmctmt.com/posts/mullvad-exit-ips-as-a-fingerprintin... and nothing to do with american politics

  • willis936  21 hours ago

    And what evidence do you have that this May 14th disclosure has nothing to do with Wyden's March warning? If you remember your history you'll know Wyden tried to shake the Snowden revelations out before the Snowden revelations.

    Dismissing Wyden's remarks as "american politics" is near equivalent to dismissing the entire notion of VPN security.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-obscu...

    • jnovek  20 hours ago

      Mullvad has explicitly given their reasoning. That's the evidence. Now the burden of evidence is on you to show that these things are connected since you are the one challenging Mullvad's claim.

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    • john_strinlai  21 hours ago

      >Dismissing Wyden's remarks as "american politics"

      its a letter signed by american politicians, addressed to an american agency, about american citizens.

      no scare quotes are needed around american politics.

      (mullvad is swedish)

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    • dannyw  6 hours ago

      The burden of proving two events are related is up to the accuser, and rough time correlation isn't any evidence in itself.