2025 has been a year of campaigns, audits and improvements to our suite of obfuscation methods.

Read about some of the highlights here:

https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-review-of-2025

This is the final reminder that we are fully removing support for OpenVPN on January 15th 2026, in a month's time.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/final-reminder-for-openvpn-removal

Our latest desktop release, 2025.14, is removing support for OpenVPN entirely.

If you rely on OpenVPN you should stay on 2025.13 until the OpenVPN servers are shut down in January 2026.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/removing-openvpn-from-the-mullvad-vpn-app

Today, the trilogue negotiations start. Stop Chat Control.

https://media.mullvad.net/andthen/60s/Mullvad_AND_THEN_60s_ProRes422_Webmix_4K.mov

Chat Control is back, but slightly changed:

❌ No backdoor of encryption
❌ No forced scanning
🚨 But: Age verification (no anonymity)

The update just quietly passed in the EU Council & now needs to be discussed with the EU Parliament.

👁️Big Techs like #Gmail and #WhatsApp will continue to scan your data.

Will you keep fighting against #ChatControl?

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 mandatory scanning (including end-to-end encrypted messaging services) has been removed, which is a major victory. The EU Council failed to implement mandatory mass surveillance. However, in its proposal, they are laying the groundwork for mass surveillance in the future.

https://mullvad.net/blog/an-important-victory-but-we-still-need-to-stop-chat-control

✊ Tuta Mail to the EU: If you pass Chat Control, we’re forced to sue you.

We will never build backdoors or spy on our users. Privacy is a human right, guaranteed to everyone by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

#StopChatControl #privacymatters

Read the full comment 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

And then? Graffiti artists and siblings with little heads.

Stop Chat Control.

The EU Council appear ready to approve Chat Control. This must be stopped.

To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now present "And Then?"

The backstory: https://mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then