Why I favor Mullvad over other third-party VPNs and how to set things up

[@Flynn....]

Finally someone that's truthfull and doesn't just recommend a vpn cuz you get money for the affiliate program thanks man

[@beefvalve]

It‘s so hard to find a good VPN comparison. After watching this video and doing a 5 minute research on my own, I switched from expressVPN to mullvad. Thanks for Your videos Sir. Very easy to understand, yet never boring. Keep it up!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the feedback. I try my best to make these episodes educational while remaining entertaining to some extend.

[@julluj5624]

@@sunknudsen what to do think about torguard vpn?

[@justintrudeau6855]

Rite tho ...this Canada man is alotttt fucking on it, big ups Sun...KEEP UP THE GOLD WORK;!!!!!! ✌🏾♥️

[@justintrudeau6855]

@@julluj5624 yeah sun...thoughts on torguard von? Been using them for the past 7 yrs ...no issues that I can see, give us a run down on like 5vpns....best to worst plzzzz!!!! ✌🏾♥️

[@andrewharoun9758]

Your channel is truly a hidden gem, I am glad I've discovered it!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push Andrew!

[@devvoid1312]

Finally a VPN recommendation that isn't a shill for the privacy and security nightmare that is PIA, US based and owned by a company that previously developed adware, etc

[@zayans6091]

Been constantly upping my Cybersecurity ever since I found your channel. Much Love 🤘🏼🤘🏼 One thing I would love to see is a video about your thoughts on Brave browser

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push and noted for Brave. 🤓

[@f_ben8048]

Thanks for always giving reasons to your advices. Hoping to see more of you Sun :D

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks Ben! More to come. 🤓 Glad to read you guys appreciate in-depth content. Didn’t know if that approach would work initially.

[@marvean2519]

Thank you for the nice tips! Any experience with ProtonVPN?

[@jjiacobucci]

Love your style in addition to your content. Thank you, Sun !

[@oleholgerson3416]

I‘m looking forward to an episode about building your own VPN and how that increases privacy. I can only think of the benefit of hiding your traffic from your ISP, which in the US is probably a win. But I‘m unsure about the benefit in Europe, where ISPs arent allowed to sell your traffic data

[@sunknudsen]

I agree Europe is way better from a privacy perspective (and many others). Have you watched kzbin.info/www/bejne/foqWd5KsfdqHfLM

[@Bond2025]

His own VPN is in a datacenter that logs all data anyway, so he is handing everything over.

[@kayyfx]

Love this content man! Only recently getting into online privacy/security and have been shopping around for a solid VPN. Love how passioante you are about the content, i'm a software engineer myself and would love to explore internet privacy more, will be subscribing for sure!

[@adamdittrichone]

Finally switched to Mullvad, after years of Nord VPN. All "sponsored by YOU" 😉 thanks! Love to Canada from Germany! ✌🏻

[@pabstube1]

Took your advice and got the VPN . Love Mullvad, so far but unfurtunatly the countries are very limited. Thanks !!!

[@sunknudsen]

Pleasure!

[@nisargparab8074]

Most informative content on vpns on youtube. You are just a Mr.Robot in real life :)

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for sharing and wow... that is flattering. I wish I had the skills Mr. Robot has.

[@aleksandrmikhailov3255]

Finally, objective information. Keep it up and thanks for the video.

[@stellarorbit1341]

Great video. I had never heard of that vpn.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks and glad some of you are discovering one of the few VPNs that genuinely cares about our privacy vs profit.

[@spaghettienforcer4896]

Loving your content! I'm curious to hear your thoughts on using Tor from your home. Any party that would be looking at my traffic knows I'm using Tor, even if they don't know what I'm doing on Tor. We can assume if we're using Tor we are on a watchlist, making us a target for increased surveillance. Do you consider it worthwhile, and if not what would you suggest as an alternative, such as a VPS?

[@t0m_mcc]

I believe that you can use bridges such as obsf4 or snowflake which will hide the fact you are using tor. It may not be perfect, but snowflake hides as WebRTC traffic

[@columbo.]

About Sweden and mullvad . The FRA-lawEdit The new bill (Prop. 2006/07:63), generally referred to the "FRA law" (Swedish: FRA lagen), proposed changes in the defence intelligence act, the electronic communications act, the secrecy act of 1980 (SFS 1980:100), and the creation of an all new law regulating SIGINT.[23] These changes would have allowed the FRA to monitor both wireless and cable bound signals passing the Swedish border without a court order,[24] while also introducing several provisions designed to protect the privacy of individuals, according to the original proposal.[23] The law's proponents argued for the need to give FRA new guidelines and a modernised legal framework, in order to regulate Internet surveillance and to combat threats to national security more effectively, such as terrorism and serious transnational crime; while opponents to the law claimed it enabled mass surveillance and violated privacy rights.[25] The Riksdag passed the bill on June 18, 2008, after a heated debate amid public protests, and it went into effect January 1, 2009.[24][25][26] Criticised for being too far-reaching, in an attempt to address the privacy concerns raised during the parliamentary procedure,[27] the Government soon thereafter proposed an amendment to the law (Prop. 2008/09:201),[28] to strengthen protection of privacy by making court orders a requirement,[29] and imposing several limits on the intelligence-gathering.[30][31][32] The amendment passed the Riksdag October 14, 2009, and went into effect December 1, 2009 (SFS 2008:717).[22] Current legal frameworkEdit According to the law (SFS 2008:717), SIGINT is only permitted in order to assess:[29][31] external military threats to the country, conditions for Swedish participation in peace support operations and international humanitarian efforts or any threat to the security of national interests in the implementation of such efforts, strategic matters regarding international terrorism or other serious transnational crime that could threaten important national interests, development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, military equipment and items referred to in the law on the control of dual-use items and technical assistance, serious external threats to the public infrastructure, conflicts abroad with ramifications for international security, foreign intelligence operations against national interests, or a foreign powers actions or intentions of vital importance to Swedish foreign policy or security and defence policy. The FRA is not allowed to initialize any surveillance on their own,[8] and only gets access to communication lines as decided by The Defence Intelligence Court.[22][30][33] Communications service providers are legally required, under confidentiality, to transfer cable communications crossing Swedish borders to specific "interaction points", where data may be accessed after a court order.[34][35][36] The number of companies affected by the legislation was estimated as "being limited (approximately ten)".[37] The law does not permit intelligence-gathering by interception of signals where both the sender and recipient is located in Sweden, only signals crossing the borders of Sweden.[38] Initially, only the Government, the Government Offices and the Swedish Armed Forces could use FRA's SIGINT capabilities.[8][22] But after criticism from Swedish Security Service (SÄPO),[39] a change was made allowing The Swedish National Police Board and SÄPO to make use of the FRA as well, under otherwise unchanged regulations. The bill (Prop. 2011/12:179) passed in the Riksdag November 28, 2012, with the help of the Social Democratic Party, and went into force January 1, 2013.[40][41][42] Data retentionEdit Any personal data that may have been retained can not be stored for longer than 12 months, which is a year less than the maximum allowed by the Data Retention Directive.[43] In 2008, prior to the change in legislation, a news report from SVT, based on an account from an anonymous source, alleged the FRA had been storing personal information for much longer;[44] leading to a private citizen lodging a complaint with the police. Ultimately, a prosecutor did not launch a full-scale investigation, as it was deemed not illegal at the time.

[@FlyinZX10R]

Sweden is also a part of the 14 eyes alliance.

[@Davidtk2001]

I’m a dumbass can you simplify what this means?

[@srosh218]

@@Davidtk2001 Dont do bad things and ur ok

[@beardev0955]

Hello Sun, your videos are great, well prepared and beautifully presented. I learned a great deal of knowledge watching your content. Thank you.

[@sunknudsen]

So happy this content is helping others 🤓

[@markmammel8670]

Thank you very much for your review. My favourite choice was always Perfect Privacy, do you have an opinion on them?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Mark, good question... unfortunately I don't know Perfect Privacy. The same thought process would likely apply.

[@UrbanAstray]

Do you usually leave the VPN on Switzerland or do you change? I'm considering getting a VPN so I have better access to different music, media and other content from certain countries like the US, England, France and so on.

[@shell11]

I hope you'll do a video to configure Mullvad through Tor and Tor through Mullvad.

[@sunknudsen]

Interesting... thanks for sharing. I agree more content on Tor is a great idea!

[@andresribeiroo]

Are you a younger version of Mr Robot?

[@sunknudsen]

That’s by far the most awesome comment I received so far. We definitively share similar cypherpunk ideology.

[@sophiegadoury830]

🤩

[@david.kizivat]

What about the cash payment option that was there available. Wouldn't that be considered the most private one, bitcoin being the one for the digital options.

[@oleholgerson3416]

Great content! I couldnt quite follow your argument against Firefox‘s HTTPS DNS settings. Could you elaborate on that? The DNS queries are still routed through the VPN, arent they? Firefox wont bypass the VPN network interface or am I missing something?

[@sunknudsen]

Great question Ole... depends who you trust more... Mullvad or CloudFlare? When using DNS over HTTPS, CloudFlare (or whichever provider is chosen) will override Mullvad's DNS servers.

[@guilhermeviieiira]

I loved the video and the way it was explained. What is your opinion about having a Whonix gateway at home? For what I have already tested, I find a great way to camouflage the IP and not be tracked.

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Guilherme, do you mean using Whonix to route all traffic through Tor?

[@Kurt013]

So in public WiFi spots your advice is to use Tor? And why not FF the way you have it configured on the other video (and with a VPN running)? Also, what do you think about Windscribe? Yes it's from Canada but it seems good, it has 3 servers in Switzerland, 2 in Iceland and it also supports Wireguard (on Android; Windows i think that it doesn't yet) and also OpenVPN.

[@sunknudsen]

For most use cases, using FF behind Mullvad is enough... Perhaps I mentioned using Tor on Wi-Fi (without VPN) for special use cases where one wishes to be anonymous.

[@Kurt013]

@@sunknudsen Or i might not understood well. If that was the case, i apologise. I see that you don't want to give your opinion regarding Windscribe. No problem, i understand. Thanks

[@tigerscott2966]

Good video....I hope a VPN router will be a better option. I use Linux Mint. I have Tor and Linux has VPN you can download too.

[@adamdittrichone]

Great insights thanks. What about NordVPN for everyday use? Has no-log policy

[@sunknudsen]

I tend to favor "niche" providers that are part of the community rather than larger opaque organization such as Nord.

[@adamdittrichone]

@@sunknudsen Thanks that helped. Nord has no longer an no-log policy. At least i could not find anymore on their website. Why is that? Should i be worried?

[@vihuvac]

Awesome! Even using a VPN, is it recommended to disable the GPS right? Because, apps like gmaps show the exact location even when the VPN is active.

[@akshaykarn7246]

Great explanation, Sun. Recently, one of the Nord VPN's server was compromised and more than 10,000 of it's customers email address and password is floating around the net in plain text. I know this cause i too have that file. If this can happen to one, it can happen to other VPN providers, right?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Akshay, were the passwords leaked in clear text? Fore sure this can happen to any VPN provider (although great infosec and opsec can significantly lower possible attack vectors). Also, not using passwords in the first place like Mullvad makes this attack useless. Strange that the data of only 10,000 customers was leaked (perhaps the attacker was able to capture credentials as they were sent to one or a few endpoint).

[@akshaykarn7246]

@@sunknudsen Yes, The passwords were leaked in clear text. Most of the user ids and passwords still works. It seems as if the customers were not made aware of this. I hope you are right about Mullvad.

[@akshaykarn7246]

@@sunknudsen I sent you the text file so that you can better understand and make us understand what could have happened and how.

[@dynamicdissonance4016]

isnt it totaly useless to pay in bitcoin / cash or something if they have ur ip anyway? Only reason I can think about is if u allready access mullvad over another vpn (or similar) which shows them an ip not connected to you and then if u also buy without them knowing who you are then theres an advantage. But logicaly it dosnt matter if I go paypal or bitcoin/cash right? I mean wheres the point?

[@wza360]

Super cool, for mac works awesome and kill switch works. What about iOS? Is there a way to set it up manually without an app? Because app seems to not have almost any options. I remember I was testing other apps, they had this option in the app

[@AF-lj1js]

Is it advisable to choose a mullvad VPN server in Austria, Irepand or Eastern Europe? Could u list down the countries where Mullvad Servers are advisable to use? Edit: Found out about the 14 eye thing but I still appreciate your public support for privacy, safety and security.

[@tubbalcain]

It's indeed great, using it for a long time already 👍

[@sunknudsen]

Mullvad doesn’t advertise much, if at all... great to know some of you are long time users.

[@tubbalcain]

@@sunknudsen yeah, especially because the offer WireGuard 👍

[@hellotheresf]

Also ProtonVPN and IVPN. But Mullvad is great too 👍

[@bigheffe]

Why wouldn't you pick a server that is close to your physical location? Wouldn't you get better bandwidth?

[@Maximus.diamond.hands.]

very informative thank you so much!!!!!

[@rubengabrielvaldiviesomach629]

Hey. I am planning to subscribe to a VPN for the first time. I am planning to use it for downloading media, and streaming services on different countries. Which one would you recommend?

[@fl3kbot547]

hey there, sorry im super on this but about the speed test, does mullvad had good results ? how your connexion have descreased ? thank you for the video its very helpful :)

[@sunknudsen]

Mullvad is great… I am on 500/500 fiber and through Mullvad, I just got 418.86/459.65.

[@thefox17906]

Mullvad is not susceptible to subpoenas or monitoring if i understand correctly. Check there about pages as they are not compliant with LEK.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for sharing James. Looking forward to learning more about the legal side of things. 🤓

[@deudeu2535]

What do you think about ProtonVPN? Thanks!

[@Bond2025]

I don't trust them as they hand information over and changed the T and C to reflect you will agree to it. They lie about email being end2end encrypted and have the cheek to say they mean something else by using those words, they mean encryption in transit and storage only. Once email leaves Proton it goes in clear text for all to read. It arrives in plain text and is encrypted ready for the user to log on and collect it. What nonsense is that!

[@michalroesler]

Great content Sun.

[@predator00728]

Totally agreed great job

[@allonmessenberg3129]

Great content. I'm so glad I found your channel. Do you not recommend using Canada as a vpn endpoint? Why? Why do you not recommend using NordVPN?

[@oussamawop9978]

Ty, keepup the great things.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push 🤓

[@Bond2025]

04:36 Mullvad uses M247Ltd server hosting in the UK. The same as PIA and others. That means the host is forced to log all data in and out of the equipment and turn it over to police. Mullvad does log user details in order to enforce policies such as payments and devices connected. I definitely WOULD NOT recommend using Firefox VPN as your user ID and device fingerprint is linked to your traffic - but would trust Mullvad more than others. People forget, the IP number is only one way of many to trace people. Hiding your IP does not hide all your device and App and browser fingerprinting or access to real accounts. At 13:35 you misunderstand DoH or DNS over HTTPS. You can still use that via a VPN, it will just slow things down a bit and your requests will remain encrypted. NOTHING IS LEAKED or in plain text. Leak is the wrong word, you mean DNS over HTTPS requests will be sent via your connection through the VPN and out to the DNS provider, then returned to you. That stops the VPN controlling you and recommended for the £3 a month ones! What you need to tell people about is WebRTC, how it can expose your real VPN. Many other things do too.

[@courtw3231]

Question, lan line use? And what about phone? I have it but it feels like I’m on airplane mode? This is phone 📱. Can you use it on iphone and if so how?

[@roy00kk]

Any suggested reasons why Iceland is better than Switzerland for picking a server?

[@sunknudsen]

I appreciate the sovereignty of Iceland. That being said, Switzerland also has good privacy legislation.

[@MM-es9dc]

I have purchased Mullvad but I have no idea on how to watch channels now. I watched your video but it didn’t answer my question. Hope to hear from you

[@basedkorean6237]

what do u think of Perfect Privacy or ProtonVPN

[@sunknudsen]

I don't know Perfect Privacy... but ProtonVPN has a good reputation and is headquartered in Switzerland which has good privacy legislation.

[@ItsKhur]

Great video sun 👍🏼👍🏼

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push Khuram!

[@xioracky]

I use proton vpn trust them with my life.

[@Bond2025]

Web sites still know exactly who and where you are. Technology has moved on in the past 10 years. You have advert and tracking companies to thank for that. Your device ID, UUID embedded in GooglePlaystore Apps and WiFi, bluetooth and contact lists and browser/devise fingerprinting make sure of all that with your cookie data and other inputs and speel check services... lots of ways to know who you are. If you ever log on to a site via a VPN or Tor, they know who you are by matching up records from when you are in the clear. Links, pixel ads, scripts, they all get you.

[@miguelangeldel6394]

Do you consider using WireGuard Multihop is any useful?

[@sunknudsen]

Great question! I don’t see much value in using multi-hop given path is traceable by Mullvad. For sensitive use cases, I recommend using Tor.

[@miguelangeldel6394]

@@sunknudsen Thank u so much for your reply! I was doing with different providers, I mean. Entry server 31173 and exit M247 for example, just in case one of the server gets compromised. But I guess, if it is not double encrypted, it would do pretty much nothing...

[@cincinnatusromanus1767]

​@@sunknudsen Just be careful with the exit relay you choose.

[@michaeltinker538]

I love Mullvad!!!

[@AlexanderMLarsen]

Why doesn’t this channel have more subs?

[@sunknudsen]

Great question… guess topics are niche.

[@coolbrotherf127]

@@sunknudsen unfortunately good channels are usually niche. You don't do enough Fortnite challenges.

[@Bond2025]

@@sunknudsen KZbin tends to put the rubbish affiliate marketing nonsense at the top of the list. We miss all the good stuff. You get those stupid fake reviews all saying companies paying the most commission are the best.

[@computerfachmann4278]

I'm i german person so i must wait for the VPN but i like it so much when it came out

[@sunknudsen]

Are you referring to the Firefox VPN? Mullvad is available in all countries.

[@nicolasgranados9734]

Hello Sun, why ProtonVPN isn't de best for you?

[@sunknudsen]

Great question Nicolás. My gut feeling (have to research this more thoroughly) is that the people behind Mullvad are genuinely passionate about privacy and security and have very sophisticated experience in those fields. Proton on the other hand is more of a mainstream profit-driven enterprise. Mullvad is owned by its founders. Proton is VC funded. The founders of Mullvad are hardcore Linux nerds. The founders of Proton are scientists who later in their career got into privacy. Also, at a personal level, I once sent an encrypted email to Proton and they replied in clear text. That did it for me.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for sharing your feedback. For the record, the email I sent was encrypted using GnuPG on macOS via the command line. That being said, I personally prefer Mullvad over ProtonVPN from a governance standpoint which doesn’t make ProtonVPN bad.

[@lateral-g8847]

Hi Sun, there is a lot of rumors about “Express VPN” saying that its central database is in HongKong and are financially supported by China. Can you verify if that is true. (Background story: In recent years, most usable VPN services are down in China due to the updates on Firewall and the mass killing of IPs. However, “Express” is seemingly the only few that aren’t affecting by much)

[@sunknudsen]

Interesting issue... have you tried Mullvad btw? It guess it is pretty easy to block all IPs of a given VPN provider... perhaps self-hosting is the solution? That being said, I guess the traffic would have to be spoofed to mitigate packet and port analyses. This would require (potentially significant) research and time... It is an interesting challenge that would also require collaboration with people I can trust in China. To anyone wanting to collaborate, feel free to reach out privately using PGP over Tor.

[@lateral-g8847]

Sun Knudsen Yeah, tested Mullvad VPN for a week and I would say some of the lines are stable enough. Thanks for recommending! I would recommend that to my friends too. Btw, I normally used self-building VPS and some other renting IPLC proxies (Based on V2Ray and etc) for international online traffic.

[@lateral-g8847]

Sun Knudsen Yeah, rumors about Express VPN are rising these days. Some KZbinrs actually did some research on this topic. Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4jCq3V9jcuchsk for reference if you would like to know more.

[@ukko_mettola6008]

Also disable webrtc which can be done with uBlock Origin, so your real ip or dns doesnt leak or disable it through about:config in browser settings

[@randall59]

What is "Tour" that you mentioned

[@neongreen2404]

I’m not very knowledgeable in this kind of stuff but when I try the dns test site (the first one) it shows me 2 IP addresses, I think the first one is IPV4 and the other is IPV6. (both in brazil which is the server i chose) and it says default browser IPV6 and no fallback. while on yours it only has an IPV4 address and the browser default is IPV4. Ive heard IPV6 isn’t secure and can leak data while using a vpn. did I do something wrong, or am i just worrying too much?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey, are you using Mullvad? I didn’t enable IPv6 using the Mullvad settings which explains why I only had an IPv4 address. I am pretty sure Mullvad blocks all IPv6 traffic when disabled (see mullvad.net/it/blog/2014/9/15/ipv6-support/). That being said, the issues with IPv6 are present when using shitty VPNs. Everything should be fine when using Mullvad.

[@neongreen2404]

Sun Knudsen i’m using mullvad and had IPV6 traffic off. i also had a socks5 proxy in firefox which i ended up disabling today and i switched to wiregaurd. now it’s only showing the IPV4 that is from mullvad. i think everything is good now. thank you and keep up the great work.

[@lincolnlincoln27]

So yo clrify Mullvad estblishes a tunnel from my machine to the exit point server, NOT from my wifi router?

[@vishal-zq3gk]

waiting for the next video.

[@ernestosanchez4354]

Great content. Looking forward to the vids on hosting your own VPN server

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Ernesto, that episode has been out for some time. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/foqWd5KsfdqHfLM and kzbin.info/www/bejne/raS8inqoer2KpM0.

[@trisryan5790]

is there a way to use mullvad as a wi-fi hotspot ? i’m having trouble setting that up .

[@KimDiaz]

hey! thank you so much fro the video :) after installing though, i tried to use netflix and it hit me with an error box. im not sure how to fix the issue ?

[@JadenApril]

Mullvad doesn't work on Netflix as far as I can tell, if you want a VPN for Unblocking sites such as Netflix, try ExpressVPN

[@outthetrunk4365]

Supa Gangsta

[@derekbradford2494]

dope video.. keep it up !!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push Derek!

[@rutvik30b]

hey sun please do a video on brave browser and vivaldi

[@jebbush2527]

One issue I have with Mullvad is it has never had its infrastructure audited (only the app has been audited).

[@sunknudsen]

Interesting... that being said, even if the infra was audited, doesn’t mean Mullvad couldn’t be evil later on... no sure how that problem ca be solved.

[@jebbush2527]

Sun Knudsen On the other hand: The names of the people behind mullvad are public, which suggests they won’t go off the deep end since it’d ruin their credibility.

[@RobertKeenanComp-U-Right]

Curious why you choose Mullvad over Proton?

[@sunknudsen]

Both have good reputations but Mullvad has a long lasting proven track record.

[@Bond2025]

@@sunknudsenProton has handed over info to law enforcement and changed their terms and conditions so it states they can and will do so when required. Mullvad can not hand anything over as they do not have it ! Most VPN are proxy servers in rented servers in hosting companies.

[@andreapiola369]

How does this compare against ProtonVPN? I'm debating if going mullvad + tutanota or straight up get a proton unlimited subscription, as it seems way more convenient overall..

[@Bond2025]

I would be very cautious about Proton, you might see them in the news.

[@andreapiola369]

@@Bond2025 Care to elaborate?

[@tezlol2255]

@@Bond2025 wdym

[@tarek7974]

I have an Express VPN access from a friend, should I move to Mullvad? I guess I will change to mullvad another question, why did you choose Swiss? I mean do you have any criteria? I live in the EU and always used the VPN in a near by EU country. Should I switch to Swiss?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Tarek, haven’t researched Express VPN, but Mullvad has a great reputation among privacy advocates. I chose Switzerland because this country is not part of the 14 Eyes surveillance program and it (probably) has great privacy legislation to protect its private banking economy (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Act_on_Banks_and_Savings_Banks).

[@tarek7974]

@@sunknudsen oh shit.... so I live in Germany and been using the Netherlands!!! which worst !! germany is in the 14 eyes meanwhile Netherlands in the 9 eyes.... lol I know about the eyes surveillance program from Snowden book, but never looked the Netherlands ups... stupid mistake I guess I will move to Mullvad, at least it's on the privacstools list and ExpressVPN not... Thanks man

[@LordZorak11]

I have Express too. It's suppose to be the fastest and no logging that's why i got it. This is before i found out about this channel and i signed up a 1 year plan so i can't do anything about it now. Would be interested to know what Mr Knudsen thinks about Express since i'm stuck with it .

[@benjotest5990]

Do you use Linux if so do you recommend mullvad for Linux?

[@angelorestrepo]

What about speed? Do they have hard drives or the they run there servers just of ram like supposedly like ExpressVPN and Surfshark do? The wire shark is it embedded on the android app?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Angelo, are you referring to hard drive speed in the context of a VPN provider routing your traffic? If so, hard drive speed has little to no effect on that. Have you watched kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJTUY5yQisiEh7s

[@angelorestrepo]

@@sunknudsen that was really informative, but I was referring to this article for surf shark also seen similar article for ExpressVPN can these statements be true? Does this vpn provider use similar method? www.androidcentral.com/surfshark-unveils-100-diskless-server-network-improved-security

[@ravi.jangra]

Mullvad is so good, it feels like it's a honeypot

[@MartyRob]

Great video, the one thing you missed and the most important reason I use mullvad is that you can pay in Monero XMR. Monero > bitcoin.

[@MartyRob]

You mentioned, traceable bitcoin. I'm glad you did. Bitcoin is easily tracked and NOT private. Monero is meant to be untrackable and completely private.

[@geraltofrivia__w.w.7513]

I believe at the time of this video , Monero was not an option.

[@onedot6674]

Mozilla is not good. They now want a fully controlled internet where only curated content is accepted after the capitol riot incident.

[@rishav4343]

What do you think about protonvpn and protonmail?

[@sunknudsen]

ProtonVPN and ProtonMail have good reputations. That being said, I favor Mullvad and consider email public domain. Have you watched kzbin.info/www/bejne/omrOhI2rpsikhJY and kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3abl39re9prrpo

[@rishav4343]

​@@sunknudsen No I haven't watched them yet. I will soon :). But yes, I do agree with your view of email. If you're not encrypting them yourselves then they are no good!

[@wutangwutang8812]

I’m quite confused. What’s “really sensitive stuff”? Does that including typing passwords? Why isn’t a VPN an anonymity tool? I was under the impression that VPNs are chiefly for anonymity.

[@berdychma]

The only thing vpn does is routing traffic through their servers and “shielding” it from your internet provider (be it at home, or anywhere else). The key question is, how much you trust the vpn provider. I hate the promotion youtubers are doing to vpn providers with privacy recommendations. The key point is, whether you trust vpn provider more then your internet provider. Passwords are generally not an issue, as they are (even within vpn) transmitted over https (encrypted). So in general, there are no reasons to be using vpn. Most of the traffic is encrypted by default anyway today. Unless you need for example look like being located in different country, I don’t see a reason to use vpn for private usage. Ok, I may trust more VPN provider then some coffee shop internet, but this is just a feeling without any hard facts.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for pitching in Martin. Depending on one's ISP, using a VPN also helps mitigate DNS profiling (HTTPS doesn't help here). That being said, this only applies if one trusts the VPN provider more than the ISP... so again... we must chose VPN providers wisely. VPNs are also good to mitigate networking vulnerabilities such as some man-in-the-middle attacks. This is especially true when using shared Wi-Fi networks.

[@berdychma]

@@sunknudsen thanks for adding more details to my comment. As I said, all is about trust. What frustrates me (and it is clearly visible even in people commenting your great video) is that lot of people don’t understand what vpn does and using it because someone (promoting some provider for money) gave them a feeling, that vpn is actually needed and should be trusted no doubts. This is ridiculous.

[@berdychma]

@@sunknudsen and forgot to mention, you are doing hell of a great job to educate people 👍 Cheers from Prague.

[@wutangwutang8812]

​@@berdychma I'm not conversant on the subject but it seems to me a VPN is more than just a matter of trust. I presume you'd concede that it's good to use VPNs as a preventative measure against DDOS attacks?

[@theoneD1]

When using VPNs how do we stop it rom leaking our IP and DNS?

[@irobinson7]

great video

[@erdavtyan]

What do you think about the new Mozilla VPN or Windscribe?

[@sunknudsen]

I haven’t tried Firefox VPN, but according to a friend who works at Mozilla, the team went to great extents to choose the right partner who share’ Mozilla’s itch for privacy. That being said, why not use Mullvad directly?

[@thefox17906]

MozillaVPN is partially provided by Mullvad

[@janheikebruegge1876]

Mozilla struggels atm. They really have problems with income it seems. If you want to support mozilla and more important, a second choice for a browser instead of only chrome and all it's clones you should support Mozilla and buy the VPN from them instead of Mullvad.

[@Bond2025]

@@thefox17906 You mean they use the same server farms? I don't see ANY advantage of Mullvad becoming a VPN Re-Seller service. I would not want my VPN data to go through Mozilla first! In the UK, they use M247 Limited for renting servers, just like all other big VPN names.

[@anhdunghisinh]

Which VPN should i use if my whole purpose is to access country blocked content?

[@sunknudsen]

Mullvad if possible

[@chenlankry]

What are u think about new Mozilla VPN?

[@Puretea4711]

they are just reselling Mullvad

[@yveskone5638]

cool content

[@urbanduck9934]

its the other way around, a vpn should only be used sometimes for specific use cases, using a vpn all the time will slow down your internet speed and you will encounter issues on some sites and some games.

[@RT-uq1mp]

definitely not. you should always use a VPN. you should use proxychains when doing something sensitive.

[@cincinnatusromanus1767]

I use my computer for gaming and have found no issues with Mullvad on. If needed, exempt the service with split tunneling. Tor with VPN for me isn't noticeable for web surfing.

[@urbanduck9934]

@@cincinnatusromanus1767 mullvad is built different

[@UnholyTingz]

is this good for torrenting?

[@sunknudsen]

Yes, Mullvad even has a feature to check if torrent app is leaking IP (see mullvad.net/en/check/).

[@srosh218]

@@sunknudsen Hi, link does not work! Could you please update us on that? Thank you!

[@irobinson7]

i have watched your video on mozilla firefox and i own a android device i just find duckduckgo browser would you suggest to use that!

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Robinson, for sure. DuckDuckGo is a great alternative to Google. It’s also the default browser on Tor so I guess the community agrees.

[@x50nathan]

Are you from Montreal?

[@sunknudsen]

Yes, can you tell by my accent?

[@marinel.03]

does mullvad have a dedicated ip feature?

[@coolbrotherf127]

No, but they do have split tunneling and port forwarding.

[@dotnet9830]

can't you just buy a server on like vultr and host your own

[@markn26]

I wouldn't ever trust Firefox...some simple DYOR will reveal the reasons why.

[@roelofdirkx1623]

And what about Brave VPN?

[@Bond2025]

Don't be silly! Just don't.

[@khesayed]

What is your thoughts about 1.1.1.1

[@Bond2025]

Use the encrypted version.

[@guptaflavio5383]

*I'D LIKE TO TRY MULLVAD BUT I CURRENTLY HAVE NORD VPN SUBSCRIPTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NORD?*

[@sunknudsen]

I personally favor Mullvad over Nord... that being said, it depends on your use case.

[@guptaflavio5383]

@@sunknudsen *JUST TO MAKE SURE, YOU'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MULLVAD, AYT?*

[@sunknudsen]

I am not affiliated to Mullvad or any other company (besides Lickstats, which I haven't mentioned on this channel yet). I have refused all sponsorship requests so far and only promote providers that I trust and use myself.

[@ChamaChama205]

@@sunknudsen Thank you, I appreciate that

[@Bond2025]

Nord! More difficult to cancel than VirginMedia in the UK. They were banned from PayPal because of all the complaints and want credit cards to make verified profiles to collect your info and sell it on. Why do you think you need a VPN? Who said you did?

[@WM78]

I have DNS leak detected on MullVad VPN

[@TroyYounts]

Got to admit; I was a bit angry when i first saw this then I realized - Why am i angry and who should i be angry at ? ME! that's who I allowed myself to slip into an apathetic coma regarding my internet activity! I mean ok , I'm a boring Person with nothing really interesting or important to hide , really but SNOWDEN! so yeah, fired Nord vpn and picked up Mullvad.

[@MrMcluvin97]

Hi Sun, what's your opinion on ProtonVPN?

[@sunknudsen]

I favor Mullvad, but ProtonVPN has a good reputation so I guess both are good alternatives in convoluted VPN landscape.

[@IT_RUN1]

Performance?

[@coolbrotherf127]

I use it in the US and get about 800Mbps on my 1000Mbps connection which is pretty good. It also does not add much lag or jitter to the connection.

[@SimplyRare69]

I Am Very... "Sensitive"