The Mullvad Blog
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Keep up to date on developments at Mullvad. New versions of our client, security updates, job posts - find it all here.
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Donation controversy
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20 Jul 2026
We would like to address the recent controversy about one of the owners of Mullvad making a donation to a Swedish political party. It was a private donation from Daniel the individual. Mullvad or
Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet?
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1 Jun 2026
**So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully
2026 security assessment of our Android app
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1 Jun 2026
Our Android app has for the second time passed MASA, a standardized security assessment, conducted by [Leviathan Security Group](https://www.leviathansecurity.com/). Following [last year’s
Exit IP fingerprinting between VPN servers
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20 May 2026
On Friday the 15th of May, we [became aware](https://tmctmt.com/posts/mullvad-exit-ips-as-a-fingerprinting-vector/) of a fingerprinting issue affecting Mullvad users. When a user switches from one
Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic
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12 May 2026
A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel. As reported in the post [The Tiny UDP Cannon: An Android VPN
Force all app traffic into the tunnel
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21 Apr 2026
**Update: After releasing an update of the app, we observed that automatic updates *do work*. However, the update still leaves the device without any internet access and a reboot is still required to
Mullvad Browser Alpha moves to Firefox Rapid Release and adds Linux ARM support
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26 Mar 2026
Starting with 16.0a1 alpha release, Mullvad Browser Alpha is based on the Firefox Rapid Release channel rather than the Extended Support Release (ESR). The alpha release is now available on Linux
A security audit of GotaTun is now available
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6 Mar 2026
In December we wrote about our new WireGuard implementation [GotaTun](/blog/announcing-gotatun-the-future-of-wireguard-at-mullvad-vpn), which is currently used in our Android app. An independent
Addition of new supported currencies
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3 Feb 2026
As a way to improve the options our users have for payments and transaction fees, we have added new currencies when paying with a credit card! It is now possible to pay using more local currencies
New security audit of account and payment services
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21 Jan 2026
Late last year X41 D‑Sec GmbH performed a white‑box source‑code audit of the Mullvad payment and account API and its supporting backend services. The engagement covered the parts of the
Mullvad Review of 2025
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30 Dec 2025
2025 has been a year of campaigns, audits and improvements to our suite of obfuscation methods. Here we highlight what we think you should be aware of from this year as it comes to an end. ###
Announcing GotaTun, the future of WireGuard at Mullvad VPN
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19 Dec 2025
[GotaTun](https://github.com/mullvad/gotatun) is a WireGuard® implementation written in Rust aimed at being fast, efficient and reliable. GotaTun is a fork of the
Final reminder for OpenVPN removal
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15 Dec 2025
This is the final reminder that we are **fully removing support for OpenVPN on January 15th 2026**, in a month's time. This means we will no longer have any OpenVPN servers in a month. We blogged
Removing OpenVPN from the Mullvad VPN app
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10 Dec 2025
In version [**2025.14**](https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2025.14) of the desktop app, we removed the ability to select OpenVPN as a tunnel protocol. We
An important victory – but we still need to stop Chat Control.
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26 Nov 2025
**An important victory - but we still need to stop Chat Control.** The Council of Ministers in the EU has, after three years, now reached a common position on Chat Control. The requirement for
Mullvad VPN presents And Then?
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14 Nov 2025
Chat Control is back on the menu. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now presents "And Then?" **Update: On November 26, 2025 the EU Council, after three years, agreed on a
Introducing Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation
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12 Nov 2025
We are now adding Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO), aimed at helping users bypass firewalls and censorship. This new obfuscation method is now available on all desktop platforms and Android.
Shutting down our search proxy Leta
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6 Nov 2025
On November 27, 2025, we will shut down our search proxy, Leta. Leta's primary benefit was that it acted as a privacy proxy for search. Pooling and caching requests on behalf of a great number of
