Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people

Mullvad VPN is promoting its €5-per-month privacy service and its free, open-source Mullvad Browser, developed with the Tor Project, as a combined defense against mass surveillance and data collection by states, big tech and data brokers. The Swedish company said its VPN encrypts traffic, hides users' IP addresses from ISPs and trackers, keeps no logs, offers anonymous accounts and circumvents censorship, while the browser is available at no charge to non-subscribers. Mullvad is also using its short film "And Then?"—which it says was banned on British TV—to spotlight the risks of surveillance, citing Ashton Kutcher and a "corrupt company" in the backstory. The push matters as regulators and platforms face growing scrutiny over how online behavior is tracked and monetized. What to watch next: whether privacy bundles pairing VPNs with browsers gain share against Big Tech defaults, and how censorship and AI-driven traffic analysis shape demand.