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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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.
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)?
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.
