Obscura VPN

Encrypted AI protects what you say. We protect how you connect. Thank you @TryMapleAI for mentioning us!

ANNOUNCING: @addy_io is joining Circle of Trust addy.io is an open-source, privacy-first email aliasing service that protects your real address Paid addy.io and Obscura users get a special offer for each platform Links below!

Today is Defend VPNs Day, organized by @fightfortheftr. Sometimes you need to stand up for yourself and others when a threat emerges. Governments everywhere are trying to restrict or outright ban VPNs, and if we don't fight back they'll get away with it.

VPNs are used by journalists, activists, businesses and ordinary people to protect their traffic, access information and make surveillance harder. Privacy tools shouldn’t become illegal just because they make surveillance harder.

Today is Defend VPNs Day, organized by @fightfortheftr. Sometimes you need to stand up for yourself and others when a threat emerges. Governments everywhere are trying to restrict or outright ban VPNs, and if we don't fight back they'll get away with it.

🐧🚨 OBSCURA FOR LINUX IS HERE 🚨🐧 Now available for Ubuntu, Fedora (+Atomic Desktops), Arch, Debian, and derivatives. To celebrate, we’re giving everyone 25% off with code LINUX26. THAT'S NOT ALL: Obscura is also GPLv3 licensed now, making us fully Open Source! 👇 Links

ANNOUNCING: Obscura’s Circle of Trust Circle of Trust is a network of independent privacy-focused companies Our first member is @enteio! - Obscura users with paid accounts get a special offer for Ente - Ente users will get a special offer for Obscura 👇 Links below

Find your Ente code in the friends section of your account: obscura.com/account/fri... Blog post: obscura.com/blog/announ... Our list of Circle of Trust members: obscura.com/circle-of-t...

A new Congressional Research Service analysis flags a core weakness in traditional single-hop VPNs. Single-hop VPNs shift trust from your ISP to one VPN provider. That provider sits between you and the internet and can see both where you connect from and where your traffic goes.

Obscura is designed differently. You → Obscura relay → Mullvad exit → Internet Obscura sees your IP, but your traffic is encrypted and sent to Mullvad, so we cannot decrypt it. Mullvad sends your traffic out, but only knows you're an Obscura user, not who you are.

Utah has become the first state to explicitly write VPN circumvention into an age-verification law. SB 73 states that being physically in Utah still counts as being in Utah even if your VPN says otherwise, and covered sites can't tell users how to bypass their age checks with a VPN.

ID verification strikes again! 2 days ago 153M driver licenses in US+CA leaked and are now up for sale on a Russian cybercrime forum. When you give a company your personal information (eventually) it will leak. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi...

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

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. cybernews.com/privacy/vol...

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.

For anyone wondering how to download Obscura WITHOUT Google Play Store! All you need is Obtainium -> add app and the following in the screenshot:

Note: Verifying the 'latest' tag is not required but is helps to make sure you are installing the latest version.

HUGE RELEASE: Obscura VPN is now on Android 🥳 To celebrate, we're offering 25% off any Obscura subscription or top-up with code ANDROID26 👇 Links below for Google Play or Obtainium (more stores coming)

⚠️ If you're switching from our alpha (Firebase App Distribution), make sure to: 1. Before uninstalling, write down your account number from the app's "Account" tab 2. Uninstall the alpha app 3. Install via Google Play or Obtainium 4. Log in w/ account number

HUGE RELEASE: Obscura VPN is now on Android 🥳 To celebrate, we're offering 25% off any Obscura subscription or top-up with code ANDROID26 👇 Links below for Google Play or Obtainium (more stores coming)

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.