Getting in trouble? It’s more like:
- Server providers threatening to terminate business with Mullvad because some of its users used port forwarding to host contents that meant legal trouble.
- Mullvad chose to terminate support for port forwarding in a transparent way and gave clear dates to prepare. This was done instead of selling off their users or collaborating with whatever legal threats they were facing.
I don’t like it, but at least I understand their business decision. Even if I took my business elsewhere, they have a solid point on transparency.
Kata1yst@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yeah I had to move to another provider over this. It's sad, I like their policies and services, but it's a deal breaker.
Kekzkrieger@feddit.de 1 year ago
why do you need to port forward over vpn?
DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
You can reach more leechers when sending a torrent if you port forward your torrent client. It was awesome.
NullGator@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’ve used it to open a local port on my laptop publicly without needing to make any changes to the local network I was on. It can be useful for opening your laptop’s ssh port or to host an http server to send someone a big file you don’t want to pay to upload somewhere.
One other common use is 🏴☠️ which I suspect is why they disabled the service :/