The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/falcontitan on 2024-12-05 13:06:04.
My cousins are in a state where they have blocked reddit, telegram, discord, twitter and other messaging apps. Certain vpns with servers in the country are ok to use but here is what the official rules say
VPN providers and data centers are expected to log:
- Your full name, physical address, email address, and phone number
- The IP address you used to register for the VPN, together with a timestamp
- The IP addresses you use connect to VPN servers in the country, together with a timestamp for each connection
- A list of all IP addresses issued to each customer
- Your reason for using a VPN
Failure to comply can lead to one year in prison.
Some of these blocked platforms are either mobile only or they don't work if used through the tor network like reddit and twitter. All these websites and apps work well with orbot which uses tge tor network but orbot doesn't work in ios and drains too much battery in android and keeps on auto closing even if it has unrestricted access to battery.
Other option is to use an android emulator, it cannot be installed in tails for all the right reasons. Using it in debian with tor proxies always leak the real ip address somehow.
If mullvad, free account initially, is used in debian live usb or in windows then will mullvad have access to the specs of the pc in which it is being used?
What if mullvad is installed in the persistance storage of debian live usb and then an emulator is installed in it. Now will mullvad know in what is the hardware id, processor name, mac id, network card etc. for this pc?
Can mullvad, the free version, be trusted here so that there are no ip leaks or something?
Will mullvad know that the user is using twitter on an emulator and is running some other apps by name?
If this setup is used by students to bypass blocked apps or to post on twitter, reddit and the government thinks that this certain post is critical of them then they will press mullvad to share the user's details with them. Is the user doomed in that case? The government being government will press any and all charges to get the user as you all know.
Some of the above might be stupid questions so please bear with me.