Who Owns The Exit Screensaver
The Who Owns The Exit screensaver shows mullvad's WireGuard relay fleet by country, gathered key-less by the pipeline. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the Who Owns The Exit screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Mullvad's WireGuard relay fleet by country, gathered key-less by the pipeline. The interesting column is ownership: Mullvad publishes which relays are its own hardware and which are rented, which is the part of a VPN's trust story usually left unsaid.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and any options can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
A VPN is a set of machines someone owns
Mullvad is a VPN provider that publishes a public relay list, with each server shown by country, city, hostname and an ownership label of Owned or Rented. This saver counts WireGuard relays, grouped by country. WireGuard is the VPN tunnelling protocol these relays use.
The ownership split is the unusual part. Some relays run on servers the provider owns, while others are rented from data-centre or hosting companies, and the mix can differ from country to country. That matters because whoever controls the physical machine is the party in a position to inspect or alter what runs on it.
A relay count measures capacity and geographic spread, not quality, speed or trustworthiness. The country shown is where the server is declared to be, and IP-location databases sometimes disagree with that. A VPN also moves trust rather than removing it: traffic is hidden from your local network but is visible to the provider's exit, and the sites you visit still see the exit address. This is a description of an inventory, not a rating of the service.
A worked example
Mullvad's WireGuard relay fleet by country, gathered key-less by the pipeline. The interesting column is ownership: Mullvad publishes which relays are its own hardware and which are rented, which is the part of a VPN's trust story usually left unsaid.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.
- What is the difference between an owned and a rented relay?
- An owned relay runs on hardware the provider holds itself, while a rented one is leased from a hosting company that controls the underlying machine.
- Does more relays in a country make it better?
- Not necessarily. Relay count reflects capacity, not privacy or performance.