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I'm sharing this one because I'm curious what more knowledgeable people think about this one. Please take a peek at the article before joining the discussion, as my limited quote might have dropped useful information

The VPN industry runs on a promise. Pick almost any provider and the pitch is the same: "we don't keep logs." You hand over your entire internet connection and, in return, you get a pinky-promise that nobody is writing anything down.

For a lot of privacy-minded people, that promise stopped being good enough a while ago. A no-logs policy is only as honest as the company making it, and even an honest company can be hacked, subpoenaed, or quietly acquired.

Obscura VPN is trying to answer to that problem. Instead of asking you to trust its word, it splits the job across two independent companies so that neither one can tie your identity to your browsing. The first hop is Obscura's own servers; the exit hop is run by Mullvad. a respected VPM company out of Sweden. Your traffic is end-to-end encrypted to Mullvad's keys, so Obscura literally can't read it, and Mullvad never sees who you are.

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It's just as easy not any easier because you don't need to pay or run mullvad yourself.

[-] Human_Slop@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

Ok smarty pants you know what I meant.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

no, because my immediate first thought was that I'd need to hire two services, I can't read minds without looking at you

[-] grey_maniac@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

But you can read minds if you are looking at them?!

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I can't either way, not at this hour

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago

What hour can you do it at then?

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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