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0xtr 2y ago 💬 12

MullvadVPN is now RAM only

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/9/20/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/

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0xtr 2y ago

Onion URL: http://o54hon2e2vj6c7m3aqqu6uyece65by3vgoxxhlqlsvkmacw6a7m7kiad.onion/en/blog/2023/9/20/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/

Christian 2y ago 💬 1

In laymans terms, meaning?

Luxas 2y ago

Unlike hard disks, data in RAM is not persistent.

0xtr 2y ago

When something is RAM only, it means that nothing is written to disk which consequently means that whenever that server is shut down, all data about your network traffic to their VPN servers are lost.

caleb 2y ago

Data should age out of cache faster too. It’s a cool move I wish more VPNs would do. You can’t be forced to give up logs if you don’t have any.

Christian 2y ago

🙌

Christian 2y ago

Very cool. I use Mullvad, paid in sats ✌️

Carson Waltz 2y ago

Hell yes 🤙

nobody 2y ago

huge

<old>cypherhoodlum 2y ago

That's neat but how can they operate with 0 persistence? After a reboot they wouldn't know who should have access, right? Doesn't that mean a paid 'account' can only last as long as the servers don't reboot?

0xtr 2y ago

The entirety of Mullvad is not operated with 0 persistence. The VPN traffic has temporary persistence in RAM and account & credit is probably stored in a database, either permanently or temporary.

<old>cypherhoodlum 2y ago 💬 1

Right, that's what I was wondering about. I guess to minimize the risk of being associated with that account number people should switch accounts fairly often.