{
  "slug": "obscura",
  "category": "vpns",
  "name": "Obscura",
  "description": "VPN from Sovereign Engineering Inc. in the United States that sends WireGuard traffic over QUIC through its own relay to Mullvad exit servers, so neither party sees both the user and the traffic. Accounts are a random number.",
  "website": "https://obscura.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "windows",
    "macos",
    "linux",
    "android",
    "ios"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 63,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Obscura scores 63 out of 100 (grade C) on the VPN providers criteria. It meets 6 of 12 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, anonymous payment, open-source apps and modern protocols. It partly meets open source and audited no-logs policy. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/vpns/obscura/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/vpns/obscura/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "The client apps are open source under GPL-3.0. The relay servers are not."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://obscura.com/legal/",
      "note": "No third-party trackers. Plausible analytics are cookieless and aggregate-only."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://obscura.com/pricing/",
      "note": "Funded by paid subscriptions. No ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=obscura.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=obscura.com",
      "note": "Grade C+ (60/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_logs_audited": {
      "title": "Audited no-logs policy",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://obscura.com/legal/",
      "note": "The policy states IP addresses are not logged or stored, and the two-party relay design limits what each party sees. Not audited."
    },
    "anonymous_payment": {
      "title": "Anonymous payment",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://obscura.com/",
      "note": "Accounts are a random number with no email, and Monero and Bitcoin over Lightning are accepted."
    },
    "open_source_clients": {
      "title": "Open-source apps",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client",
      "note": "The repository holds the apps for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux under GPL-3.0."
    },
    "modern_protocols": {
      "title": "Modern protocols",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://obscura.com/",
      "note": "WireGuard is used, carried over QUIC."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "C+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:25.549Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}