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submitted 1 month ago by zaylon@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.

How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.

https://orebropartiet.se/om-oss/

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[-] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A company that you trust with your privacy (one aspect) has been caught in league with mass surveillance loving fascists? Yeah I am sure that those are a perfect mix and it won't lead to mass surveillance of its users like the dozens of VPNs now under Israeli mass - surveillance - fascist control.

It is just a complete coincidence that the people pushing more and more mass surveillance are buying up (and in this case winning over the controlling part of) the ways for normal people to avoid mass surveillance.

[-] RoddyStiggs 4 points 1 month ago

Neat.

Who made the device you're posting on?

[-] svullo56@feddit.nu 12 points 1 month ago

Must be kewl to not care like you

[-] anothermember@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago

From a privacy perspective, who manufactured a device that (potentially) runs free software is different from who runs a service which you have to trust because you're using someone else's computer.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Communism is when no iPhone.

Antifascism is when no iPhone.

[-] RoddyStiggs 1 points 1 month ago
[-] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Tell me more about your passwords, address, and banking details.

Since you don't mind privacy.

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 5 points 1 month ago

if you don't care about your privacy, would you mind installing a RAT for me?

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