Obscura VPN

You being forced to reveal information about yourself to use the internet is bad.

You should be allowed to browser the web freely without being known.

Don't let them take away the free web from you.

Obscura is now officially on Linux.

Open source, GPLv3.

Packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Fedora Atomic Desktops, and Arch.

25% off with code LINUX26

Obscura is now on all platforms: Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, and macOS.

Our website: https://obscura.com
Linux download link: https://obscura.com/download/linux/

Linux blog post: https://obscura.com/blog/linux-at-long-last/

Link to our Github:

https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client

https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-api

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: Obscura VPN is now on Windows 🥳

To celebrate, we're offering 25% off any Obscura subscription or top-up with code WINDOWS26

THAT'S NOT ALL: Every user now gets 5 simultaneous devices! (up from 3 before)

👇 Links below

Obscura is now on Android, iOS, and macOS with Linux coming soon.

🔗 Our website: https://obscura.com
🪟 Windows download link: https://obscura.com/download/windows/

📝 Windows blog post: https://obscura.com/blog/introducing-obscura-windows/

Not ONLY are they monitoring you outside but if you don't like it and post about it online, they'll monitor you there and hand that data to law enforcement.

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

I hope that OEMs are mad about this and start putting Linux on their products by default.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/amid-ram-price-hikes-microsoft-reportedly-raises-windows-license-cost-forcing-oems-to-hike-prices-even-further-on-hardware

Volkswagen blocked their app on GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and other custom ROMs.

They claim it's for "security" because the app now relies on Google's Play Integrity API and certified Android standards.

Meanwhile, the same app still works fine on Android 10 devices that stopped getting security updates years ago.

https://cybernews.com/privacy/volkswagen-grapheneos-app-issues/

Android 10 received its last official security update from Google on March 6, 2023.

Architectural privacy >> “trust me” privacy policy.

You can open TOR browser go to our .onion address, get your random account number and pay with Monero.

We simply do not want to know anything about you.

EU officials are trying to revive (again) private chat scanning after Parliament voted it down.

Scanning everyone’s messages treats 450 million people as suspects and threatens end-to-end encryption.

Stand against chat control and mass surveillance.

They’ll try again and again. Don’t give them an inch. Or, as Europeans would say, don’t give them a centimeter.

https://reclaimthenet.org/brussels-could-reopen-the-fight-to-scan-your-private-chats

I've seen a lot of talk about cloud computing for gaming, my personal take is:

If I didn't own the hardware, I just wouldn't play the game.

2026 has definitely a year, that's all I have to say.

Obtainium (and similar tools like F-Droid, direct APK installs from GitHub releases, etc.) will continue to work normally on GrapheneOS.

It's awful that Google keeps locking down Android, but it's Google.

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/ https://blossom.primal.net/408a82ccf834a4a6fb29988f5a00d9b1147d4bd7543ee42470833e028377be43.png

As of v1.163, Obscura on Android now allows local network access by default (for printers and other local devices). You can configure this option in the settings tab.

What got you into privacy?

For anyone wondering how to download Obscura WITHOUT Google Play Store!

All you need is Obtainium -> add app and the following in the screenshot: https://blossom.primal.net/f3f78ea7140dda44aa8823a0bbd32455052b33db9a5e7338e7e2f238e26e5b85.png

Obscura VPN is now on Android.

To celebrate, we're offering 25% off any Obscura subscription or top-up with code ANDROID26!

Greece is now pushing social media age verification and calling for EU-wide tools. Ireland is testing digital ID for the same purpose.

I’m fed up with this direction. Every few months, another government seems to decide the answer to online safety is more ID checks, more verification layers, and more infrastructure tying real-world identity to everyday internet use.

Protecting kids matters, but protecting peoples privacy matters as well.

Give a month get a month!

If your friend pays for Obscura with your referral link, both of you get a month for free!

Each referral link has a random ID you can regenerate. Old links can remain active, letting you share them in different contexts simultaneously. We delete the referrer-account link one month after the free months are provided.

https://obscura.net/account/referrals/

For more detail you can check out our knowledge base.

https://obscura.net/knowledge/referrals/

Since we haven't been active on this account for some time, here's a brief recap of some things we have done.

We now accept Monero as one of our payment methods.

We got audited by Cure53:

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsr84t7v6e80cls22vr0m72m0y0g0sppfv6pl7hczqlkg4e2p0f74qrf2hxf

You now have the ability to block ads, trackers, malware etc with our DNS, you can also have add your custom DNS!

We also now have experiment settings:

Our first Independent Audit by Cure53!

https://obscura.net/blog/obscuras-first-audit/

HUGE RELEASE: Obscura VPN is now on iOS 🥳

📱 Now you can use the VPN that can't log, won't lag, and works anywhere ON THE GO!

🔗 Our website: https://obscura.net 📱 iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/obscura-vpn/id6746820048

⚠️ When switching from TestFlight, please ensure your account number is safely written down; otherwise, you may lose it and be unable to sign in. You can find your it in the app's "Account" tab

If you run into any trouble at all with the app, feel free to DM us! ☺️

Quite an interesting use of Privacy Pass!

Proves that Privacy Pass can be more than just a way to get past CAPTCHAs.

Here's to hoping more services integrate it for better privacy without sacrificing usability 😄

https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/privacypass/about/

Today is the day: Obscura VPN is NOW AVAILABLE!

Obscura is the first VPN that:

• CAN'T log your activity by design
• Outsmarts network filters

We believe Obscura sets the standard for a new generation of VPNs, and hope you’ll check it out!

🔗 https://obscura.net/

Contrary to popular belief, traditional VPNs (even “no-log” ones) can track you – they see both who you are and what you do, just like your ISP.

Your ISP is no better. Since 2017, they've been able to legally sell your sensitive data.

Obscura is different – we never see your decrypted internet packets in the first place.

It’s simply impossible for us to log your internet activity, even if we were compelled to, or if our servers were compromised.

We achieve this by using a fully-independent exit hop run by @mullvadvpn. Ensuring that our servers never see your traffic, and the exit hop never sees your identity.

In fact, you can check your connected server’s public key against those listed on Mullvad’s server page!

But that’s not all…

You may have had the frustrating experience of trying to use your VPN on a restrictive WiFi: in an airport, a hotel, or certain jurisdictions.

Other VPNs will often fail to connect, as their off-the-shelf protocol is easily detected and blocked.

With Obscura, we built our own custom stealth protocol that is much harder to block.

Our protocol blends in with regular internet traffic using the same technology that powers HTTP/3 – QUIC – making it much harder for censors or network filters to detect or block.

To celebrate our launch, Obscura is just $6/month.

Our team has put in the hours to make this all a seamless experience, and I hope you’ll take Obscura for a spin.

🔗 https://obscura.net/

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you on the free and open internet. 🏄

P.S. For those looking for an exploration of our technical choices, here's our blog post! https://obscura.net/blog/bootstrapping-trust/