Re:Shutting down our unencrypted public DNS service
by Hakkin on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:13PM
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> is there a reason they can't simply store a token from stripe/paypal/etc, or is that still considered PII?
They do still accept those payment methods, and that is exactly what they do for them[0], but recurring payments forced them to retain that data for longer than they were comfortable with, and they decided that the cost to privacy outweighed the convenience recurring subscriptions offered[1].
Another thing to note is that you won't be getting any e-mails from them reminding you to renew your plan, since they never had your e-mail in the first place (Mullvad "accounts" are anonymous numeric tokens).
They do still accept those payment methods, and that is exactly what they do for them[0], but recurring payments forced them to retain that data for longer than they were comfortable with, and they decided that the cost to privacy outweighed the convenience recurring subscriptions offered[1].
Another thing to note is that you won't be getting any e-mails from them reminding you to renew your plan, since they never had your e-mail in the first place (Mullvad "accounts" are anonymous numeric tokens).
[0] https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/#payments
[1] https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/6/20/were-removing-the-opti...