▲ 787 ▼ We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure - Mullvad VPN (mullvad.net) submitted 3 years ago by Voyager@psychedelia.ink to c/technology@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 3 years ago (1 child) what do you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) I assume they mean there are no account credentials. When you "create" an account on their website, you'll be given a random account number, and no password. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah this is what I meant. It feels so wrong but also makes complete sense. I think I've gotten used to the "safety" of setting my own password and always typing it with my email or username. But practically speaking they're very similar and Mullvad's is arguably safer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago I think of it more as "no username, only password". Realistically, usernames are not expected to be secure or private, so this is effectively the same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What's to stop somebody guessing your account number and gaining access? (Honest question) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are lots of possible account numbers, much more than there are accounts. So there is a very small chance that you will guess an active paid account. And if you do, there's not much you can get out of it. There's no personal information tied to the account. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) I assume they mean there are no account credentials. When you "create" an account on their website, you'll be given a random account number, and no password. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah this is what I meant. It feels so wrong but also makes complete sense. I think I've gotten used to the "safety" of setting my own password and always typing it with my email or username. But practically speaking they're very similar and Mullvad's is arguably safer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago I think of it more as "no username, only password". Realistically, usernames are not expected to be secure or private, so this is effectively the same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What's to stop somebody guessing your account number and gaining access? (Honest question) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are lots of possible account numbers, much more than there are accounts. So there is a very small chance that you will guess an active paid account. And if you do, there's not much you can get out of it. There's no personal information tied to the account. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah this is what I meant. It feels so wrong but also makes complete sense. I think I've gotten used to the "safety" of setting my own password and always typing it with my email or username. But practically speaking they're very similar and Mullvad's is arguably safer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago I think of it more as "no username, only password". Realistically, usernames are not expected to be secure or private, so this is effectively the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago I think of it more as "no username, only password". Realistically, usernames are not expected to be secure or private, so this is effectively the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What's to stop somebody guessing your account number and gaining access? (Honest question) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are lots of possible account numbers, much more than there are accounts. So there is a very small chance that you will guess an active paid account. And if you do, there's not much you can get out of it. There's no personal information tied to the account. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are lots of possible account numbers, much more than there are accounts. So there is a very small chance that you will guess an active paid account. And if you do, there's not much you can get out of it. There's no personal information tied to the account. permalink fedilink source parent