Why Are People Mad at Mullvad?
Our top stories this week:
- Mullvad Donation Controversy
- An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
- The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
- OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
- Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage
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Updates from the Team
Site Updates
We've finally published a bunch of overdue site updates, such as removing Cromite and Proxitok, updating our recommendations for the Brave browser on mobile, adding updated information about things like MV2 and quad9, and more. Check it out!
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News Briefs
A lot of important stuff happened this week, like a macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to replace any app with malicious code, Gemini allowing attackers to bypass the Android lock screen, malware stored in SVG images, and more. It was a busy week, so definitely make sure you didn't miss anything!
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Sources
Mullvad Donation Controversy
Several weeks ago, it came to light that Daniel Berntsson - one of the co-owners of Mullvad VPN - donated a significant amount of money to the Swedish "Ă–rebro Party" or "Ă–P." According to Wikipedia, the Ă–P holds views that have been accused of being both left- and right-wing, but typically do align with populism, nationalism, and conservativism. This donation has sparked a debate in the privacy community about whether such donations by people in these positions count as being personal, private affairs or if customers have an expectation of how project personnel spend the money they make off the project in their personal lives.
