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Mullvad Blog: Hiding account numbers (mullvad.net)

submitted 5 months ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19987854

We have previously highlighted the importance of not losing your account number, encouraging it to be written down in a password manager or similar safe location.

For the sake of convenience account numbers have been visible when users logged into our website. This had led to there being potential concerns where a malicious observer could:

Use up all of a user's connections

Delete a user's devices

From the 3rd June 2024 you will no longer be able to see your account number after logging into our website.

"Hiding account numbers". Mullvad. 2024-05-27. Mullvad Blog (https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2024/5/27/hiding-account-numbers).
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[–] Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If someone is spying your PC you have bigger problems than your VPN account being stolen.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

This might be a change due to that new Microsoft recall program

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I think the issue is that someone could physically look at your screen and walk away with the account number, not that they might have remote access.

[–] geography082@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

All good, but mullvad should work on more rotation of server IPs or find a solution from alltheir banned server by big techs . Nearly 90% of their servers are blocked to do common internet tasks .

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is it really that bad? I let my NordVPN subscription lapse as I didn't need it due to personal matters, I've heard a lot of good things about Mullvad and was considering them as my VPN provider.

[–] mectag@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s exaggerated. I believe most services are generally more sceptical about users with a known VPN connection. But yeah, I think you‘ll have some hiccups when browsing with a VPN on no matter the provider, or did you have a different experience with NordVPN (I‘m legit curious)?

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did have occasional issues with using a VPN and it was clear services were somewhat suspicious about me (very aggressive use of CAPTCHAs, additional login validation etc.).

That being said, outside of netflix (circumventing region-lock), I never had any issues with outright loosing access to tech oligopoly services.

[–] mectag@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Ah okay! Yeah that’s basically my experience with Mullvad. Anyways, you can try it out and if you don’t like it just don’t pay $5 for another month. 🤷‍♂️