This is Senate House in London. When George Orwell wrote 1984, the building served as the model for the headquarters of the Ministry of Truth (the propaganda ministry). The Ministry of Truth decided what was true, for example that 2+2=5. It was responsible for censorship and rewriting history, and it banned the word “free” in the sense of freedom.

Chat Control 1 is dead. Let’s end Chat Control 2. Members of The European Parliament: stand firm in your position – no mass surveillance whatsoever!

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:

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A security audit of GotaTun is now available | Mullvad VPN

In December we wrote about our new WireGuard implementation GotaTun, which is currently used in our Android app. An independent audit by Assured Se...

What do you do when you get banned on British TV?

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.

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And then? And then Mullvad was censored in the UK.

UK ramps up censorship & surveillance. Mullvad

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:

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Addition of new supported currencies | Mullvad VPN

As a way to improve the options our users have for payments and transaction fees, we have added new currencies when paying with a credit card!

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:

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Removing OpenVPN from the Mullvad VPN app | Mullvad VPN

In version 2025.14 of the desktop app, we removed the ability to select OpenVPN as a tunnel protocol.

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:

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Mullvad VPN presents And Then? | Mullvad VPN

Chat Control is back on the menu. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now presents "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:

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Mullvad VPN presents And Then? | Mullvad VPN

Chat Control is back on the menu. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now presents "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:

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Introducing Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation | Mullvad VPN

We are now adding Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO), aimed at helping users bypass firewalls and censorship. This new obfuscation method is n...

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:

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Reminder that OpenVPN is being removed | Mullvad VPN

This is a reminder that we are fully removing support for OpenVPN on January 15th 2026, in six months time.

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:

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Launching Mullvad VPN loader | Mullvad VPN

Today we

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:

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Reproducible Builds: Verify our Android app builds bit-for-bit | Mullvad VPN

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 fro...

The EU initiative Going Dark has now been launched by the EU Commission. They call it ProtectEU. It’s a rebranding of Chat Control. New name. Same old propaganda. The EU Commission’s goal is to “access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.” Read the full release from the Commission here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025PC0148

Multihop now available on Android version 2025.1 and newer. Read more here:

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Multihop now available on Android | Mullvad VPN

To further increase your privacy and make your traffic harder to analyze, you can now route all your traffic through two servers instead of just on...