Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant

Re:Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant by ragnese on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:38PM (#35642594)

Does anyone here know how to corroborate Mullvad's account of this event? Perhaps we can find the Swedish entity that wrote the warrant and any public information reported by the officers executing said warrant?

If such information is publicly accessible, and it corroborates Mullvad's story here, I'd feel like that's pretty compelling evidence that we can trust that Mullvad isn't simply committing fraud by promising not to log customer data while actually logging it.

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Re:Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant by larsnystrom on Thursday April 20, 2023 @04:56PM (#35646167)

When the prosecutor brings forth the charges to a court, this information will be public. Until then it is probably covered by “förundersökningssekretess”, which just means that ongoing investigations are not public.[0]

You can contact the “Åklagarmyndigheten” (the Swedish prosecutor authority) and ask them and they’ll help you out. Generally speaking it is pretty easy to get information from government agencies in Sweden due to our constitution. Everything is public by default, with some exceptions like military secrets. I think it shouldn’t be a problem for the prosecutor to confirm they had a warrant at Mullvads office, and maybe even to confirm they didn’t seize anything, unless they think it could harm the ongoing investigation somehow.

[0] https://www.aklagare.se/om_rattsprocessen/fran-brott-till-at...

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