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It's very straightforward. IVPN is very similar kind of focus and branding, same with Obscura. https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/ The ones I can recommend that aren't on this list are Obscura and Nym.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad"}, {"id": 794855232, "item_id": 49678452, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678452", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-09-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Like how Nym does it", "excerpt": "They could make it so all that is known by banks is that you purchased the service. Like how Nym does it or how you can buy Mullvad credits on Amazon. https://nym.com/zk-nyms Ideally they accept Monero and do unlinkable payments but I doubt they will accept Monero. Hopefully they accept some crypto.", "context": "", "use_case": "anonymous payment credentials", "switched_from": "", "story": "How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats"}, {"id": 779978912, "item_id": 48748682, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748682", "by": "markasoftware", "date": "2026-07-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "While Nym is by far the most deployed / most ready mixnet rn", "excerpt": "Nym is pretty complicated and although they offer some kind of traditional VPN service as well IIRC, their main product is actually the only large scale operational \"mixnet\", which you can think of as kinda similar to Tor but a lot more resistant to certain types of deanonymization attacks (specifically it's designed to be safe against passive global adversaries, ie an attacker who can monitor every packet on the int", "context": "", "use_case": "mixnet privacy", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Anti-Palantir Manifesto"}, {"id": 768094960, "item_id": 48005935, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005935", "by": "t0lo", "date": "2026-05-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM.", "excerpt": "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM. Really cool tech, cool crowd, and constantly improving. More anonymous and private than tor in a lot of respects. Has all the affiliates you would expect: Snowden, Manning etc. https://nym.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "private VPN with mixnet", "switched_from": "", "story": "Midori, the first browser to offer a VPN with Mesh technology"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["anonymous payment credentials", "mixnet privacy", "private vpn with mixnet"], "compared": [{"slug": "tor", "name": "Tor", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "mullvad", "name": "Mullvad", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "ivpn", "name": "IVPN", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "obscura", "name": "Obscura", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 776495712, "item_id": 48530982, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530982", "by": "ianbutler", "date": "2026-06-14", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "https://www.usenym.com/", "excerpt": "https://www.usenym.com/ Everyone is working on personal agents but their identity model is wrong. They act as you, risk your reputation, your data and more. Nym is a personal agent that has (and can make) all of its own accounts and only gets selective read only access to yours. The goal is to make reliable agents that are able to operate safely in the world to help you do what you want, without exposing your account", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"}, {"id": 776249984, "item_id": 48515624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515624", "by": "ianbutler", "date": "2026-06-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Nym is a personal agent that has (and can make) all of its own accounts", "excerpt": "https://www.usenym.com/ Everyone is working on personal agents but their identity model is wrong. They act as you, risk your reputation, your data and more. Nym is a personal agent that has (and can make) all of its own accounts and only gets selective read only access to yours. The goal is to make reliable agents that are able to operate safely in the world to help you do what you want, without exposing your account", "context": "", "use_case": "Personal agent with own accounts", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What Are You Working On?"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50022266", "title": "A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671237", "title": "How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985249", "title": "Donation Controversy", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48747772", "title": "The Anti-Palantir Manifesto", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528779", "title": "Ask HN: What are you working on? 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IVPN is very similar kind of focus and branding, same with Obscura. https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/ The ones I can recommend that aren't on this list are Obscura and Nym.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad"}, {"id": 794855232, "item_id": 49678452, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678452", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-09-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Like how Nym does it", "excerpt": "They could make it so all that is known by banks is that you purchased the service. Like how Nym does it or how you can buy Mullvad credits on Amazon. https://nym.com/zk-nyms Ideally they accept Monero and do unlinkable payments but I doubt they will accept Monero. Hopefully they accept some crypto.", "context": "", "use_case": "anonymous payment credentials", "switched_from": "", "story": "How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats"}, {"id": 783773269, "item_id": 48985829, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985829", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-07-20", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Nym looks promising but mixnets haven't been tested as much as the Tor network", "excerpt": "Mullvad, IVPN and Proton VPN are all trusted so choosing depends on your priorities with the small differences between them. https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/ Obscura by definition is the same or better than Mullvad because of the two hop separate party tech. Similar with iCloud Private Relay but that's only for Safari which is inadequate. Nym looks promising but mixnets haven't been tested as much as the Tor net", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Donation Controversy"}, {"id": 779978912, "item_id": 48748682, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748682", "by": "markasoftware", "date": "2026-07-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "While Nym is by far the most deployed / most ready mixnet rn", "excerpt": "Nym is pretty complicated and although they offer some kind of traditional VPN service as well IIRC, their main product is actually the only large scale operational \"mixnet\", which you can think of as kinda similar to Tor but a lot more resistant to certain types of deanonymization attacks (specifically it's designed to be safe against passive global adversaries, ie an attacker who can monitor every packet on the int", "context": "", "use_case": "mixnet privacy", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Anti-Palantir Manifesto"}, {"id": 768094960, "item_id": 48005935, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005935", "by": "t0lo", "date": "2026-05-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM.", "excerpt": "For a vpn with mixnet that actually works I recommend NYM. Really cool tech, cool crowd, and constantly improving. More anonymous and private than tor in a lot of respects. Has all the affiliates you would expect: Snowden, Manning etc. https://nym.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "private VPN with mixnet", "switched_from": "", "story": "Midori, the first browser to offer a VPN with Mesh technology"}]}