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traceroute66 | 1 month ago

> For example https://obscura.net

Obscura ....

"Terms and the relationship between you and Obscura shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York"

Yeah, erm.

Now more than ever, trusting a US jurisdiction VPN provider ? No thanks !

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fartfeatures|1 month ago

> Now more than ever, trusting a US jurisdiction VPN provider ? No thanks !

The whole point of Obscura is you aren't trusting any single company. A Swedish company and an American company would need to collude to cause a problem. Unless you know something I don't?

traceroute66|1 month ago

> The whole point of Obscura is you aren't trusting any single company.

First, Mullvad's infrastructure has been independently audited.

Mullvad integrity has also tested as proven by a legal case where they were subject to a search warrant when someone was trying to claim copyright infringement.

As far as I can tell, Obscura has not had anywhere near the same scrutiny.

Second, obscura is the first hop is it not ?

Therefore it may well "only" relay the traffic to the exit node but it is still a relay and hence open to SIGINT analysis by the US.

I would have thought therefore using Mullvad's built-in multi-hop mode on their audited platform would be the wiser decision ?

Or Tor if you insist on multi-party ?