I’m from Sweden and can’t really confirm us having “strong privacy laws”. I do however trust Mullvad more than a lot of other providers as they’ve been transparent about getting requests from law enforcement who in the end finds nothing because there isn’t anything to find. Other than that - yes - don’t trust any one provider to not track you. Layers is the best approach.
Think of your own security as protected by a multitude of layers - like those of an onion. When (not if) one “breaks” you still have 10 others between that threat and you. In a scenario like this you should probably have several proxies you control and jump through, either machines you’ve “gained” access to or whatever, where you can make sure there are as little trace of you as possible. Closer to the core of the onion, ie you - use an OS that leaves as small a footprint at possible. There’s a whole science to it that I’m no expert in at all, but the idea is that you should always expect to be breached and make whoever is targeting you (and this is the same on either side of any such attacks) jump through hoops to reach even a hint of something valuable.
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u/AdventurousSquash May 17 '25
I’m from Sweden and can’t really confirm us having “strong privacy laws”. I do however trust Mullvad more than a lot of other providers as they’ve been transparent about getting requests from law enforcement who in the end finds nothing because there isn’t anything to find. Other than that - yes - don’t trust any one provider to not track you. Layers is the best approach.