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Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.

Our WireGuard implementation, GotaTun was recently audited by Assured Security Consultants. Two identified low severity issues were fixed prior to the completion of the audit. No major vulnerabilities were found. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/a-security-audit-of-gotatun-is-n…

What do you do when you get banned on British TV? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhznrpgl7k

Today, we hit the streets with a major "And Then?" campaign in the UK, despite having faced strong opposition. First, our TV ad "And Then?" was banned on British television. And then, the outdoor ad campaign meant to criticise the TV ban was largely halted. Here, you can watch the banned ads and explore the entire campaign. https://mullvad.net/and-then/uk

Mullvad was banned on British TV. And then? And then this underground ad got banned by the government body Transport For London. The argument was clear: you cannot encourage people to engage with a banned TV commercial.

We have added new currencies to our list of supported credit card payment methods! Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/addition-of-new-supported-curren…

The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet. The lawmakers write: “Any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have installed tamper-proof system software which is highly effective at preventing the recording, transmitting (by any means, including livestreaming) and viewing of CSAM using that device.” 1/2

Our latest desktop release, 2025.14, is removing support for OpenVPN entirely. If you rely on OpenVPN you should stay on 2025.13 until the OpenVPN servers are shut down in January 2026. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/removing-openvpn-from-the-mullva…

Today, the trilogue negotiations start. Stop Chat Control.

And then? AI and all the presidents. Mass surveillance is always a slippery slope. It does not belong in free and open societies. The backstory: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

And then? Graffiti artists and siblings with little heads. Stop Chat Control.

The EU Council appear ready to approve Chat Control. This must be stopped. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now present "And Then?" A film directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The backstory: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

We are excited to add Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation, aimed at helping users bypass firewalls and censorship. This new feature is now available on all desktop platforms and Android. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/introducing-lightweight-wireguar…

An independent security audit of our web app has just been completed by Assured. The assessment found no critical, high, or medium-severity issues. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/independent-security-audit-of-ou…

Reminder about removing OpenVPN: we are removing support for OpenVPN entirely on 15th January 2026, in six months time. OpenVPN servers will be completely removed on this date, and support for it within our app will disappear. Please reconfigure your configurations to use WireGuard to avoid interruptions. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/reminder-that-openvpn-is-being-r…

Today we're launching Mullvad VPN loader - a new application for installing the Mullvad VPN desktop app on Windows and macOS which is both fast and secure. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/launching-mullvad-vpn-loader

Starting with version 2025.2, our Android app builds are reproducible. This means you can verify that the app you download and install is built from the open source code we publish. Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/reproducible-builds-verify-our-a…