Comment by yjftsjthsd-h
Comment by yjftsjthsd-h 2 days ago
> It would have been trivial for Mullvad to add a filter to check for future packets from that VPN ip to my server IP and flag the associated account.
In other words, to break the fundamental premise of their product and identify traffic to a user.
> I think there would be a better way using AI to analyze abuse patterns, and automatically flag bad users which match these patterns.
Not without, again, creating an entire system which exists only to record traffic and tie it back to users.
Basically, both of your suggestions amount to "stop providing the product that is their entire business model", because the whole point is that they go out of their way to avoid having the information that you want them to use.
They don't have to tie it back to an individual, only to an account or, if they respond quickly enough, to a set of activities or traffic pattern.