Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead | Mullvad VPN
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Mullvad has operated public encrypted DNS (DoH) servers since 2022. They are unnecessary when using Mullvad VPN — traffic is already encrypted and Mullvad VPN's internal DNS handles all queries.

Running a privacy-focused public DNS service is a highly specialized undertaking, and the Quad9 Foundation is the undisputed leader in the field. Rather than duplicating their efforts to achieve only part of what they do, we’re putting those resources toward financially supporting Quad9 instead.

        • teslasaur@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          2 months ago

          Left wing, but who is counting. I think Örebropartiet has gotten flagged as every single extremist group known to man at this point.

          Lets just say they are not on speaking terms with the populist right. If anything they are populist left.

          I’ve also heard them described as tankies.

          • WolvenSpectre@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Actually they are both. They are a populist blend of Communism and Marxist policies and Authoritarian Right Wing Policy and action. And yes they are often labeled with the Tankies moniker.

          • chunk6235@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            On August 3rd, 2026, Louis posted a video about openly transgender Colorado state representative Brianna Titone, and in the YouTube comments posted a remark explaining his position on transgender issues, which can be paraphrased as “I think transgender women are men but I’m willing to overlook it if we have common cause”.[source].

            Louis has been a regular poster on the hate and harassment website Kiwi Farms, posting there from 2023 to the present under the username “larossmann”.

            Whelp, guess his channel is getting 86’d from my feed.

            • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              And I thought him receiving funding from the Whatsapp billionaire was bad. Him being anywhere near Kiwi Farms and an anti-trans bigot on top of that was not on my bingo card.

              I still blame Kiwi Farms for the death of Near/byuu, so I have a massive problem with them.

          • bort@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            01·
            2 months ago

            […] “keep the corporate diversity targets in mind” when interviewing potential new hires. […] I knew in my heart this wasn’t wholesome

            seeing what exactly landed him on that list, I think that list is pretty worthless.

            • Zombie@feddit.ukEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              I don’t see your quote anywhere on that list, what are you on about?

              It says:

              He posted in support of Charlie Kirk after his assassination,[source] gets triggered by the phrase “punch nazis”,[source] and the idea of using gender-neutral pronouns in documentation.[source] Andreas boosted David Heinemeier Hansson’s tweets on DEI and the white supremacist “white replacement” theory,[source] and expressed solidarity with David’s persecution for his “banal, mainstream” positions, positions which include, for example, the forced expulsion of non-white people from Europe.[source]

  • RedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️🐧@feddit.dkEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    I’m glad I caught this early, thanks for posting it.
    Link to Quad9’s DNS services.

    Besides Mullvad, which I’ve now changed to Quad9, I use Adguard.com (Cypriot company), LibreDNS.gr (Greek) and UncensoredDNS.org (Danish). They all support both DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS.
    The guys that run UncensoredDNS.org (@tykling@mastodon.social) and LibreDNS.gr (@comzeradd@libretooth.gr) are both reachable through the fediverse which is neat.

    Anyone got other European recommendations?

    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      Honestly Quad9 is the best. Its non profit and switzerland based.

      I know people want adblocking DNS, but Adguard is fuckin suss with its Russian ties and for profit motive.

      Honestly, I just stop using stuff full of ads. Simpler.

        • lemmysmash@piefed.socialEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          No problem! Technically they ARE a Cypriot company (and probably even hire in the EU now and have to obey GDPR and stuff), but historically it’s been founded in Moscow. And personally I would consider even historical ties to authoritarian countries a red flag.

          • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            But, like, they only were founded on Moscow, or they had proven links with the Russian government? Because these are two distinct things.

            I mean, one might be founded on an authoritarian country but not support any of its shit. Or even fight against it. If I had the resources, that’s what I’d do at least.

            I ask sincerely because I don’t know too much about their story and I don’t have energy to research tho.

            At least I’ve never used them because I didn’t like the part that an important part of their infrastructure is closed-source.