Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, founded by former Bitcoin Core contributor Carl Dong, has a different pitch to most. Rather than your traffic being routed through a single provider, Obscura VPN uses a two-step relay: it acts as the ‘entry node’ (seeing your original IP address) while another VPN provider, Mullvad, acts as the ‘exit node’ (the websites you visit). Obscura’s Linux app also supports the QUIC-based stealth protocol, which disguises your VPN connection as […]You're reading Obscura VPN now has a desktop Linux app, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.