# Obscura VPN review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> Obscura VPN is a VPN. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.8/10 for privacy (excellent) and 5.8/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Obscura VPN review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/obscura

## Key facts
- **Category:** VPNs
- **KYC level:** 0 of 4: ID never required
- **Grades:** Privacy 8.8/10, Safety 5.8/10
- **Sign-up:** Random account number
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://obscura.net

## What it is
Obscura is a VPN built on a two-party design: its own servers relay encrypted traffic to exit servers run by Mullvad, so the party that sees the connecting IP address is not the party that sees the destination. The site says accounts are a generated account number with no names, emails or phone numbers, that card details are not required, and that payment is accepted over Bitcoin's Lightning Network and in Monero. Users can verify the exit hop's WireGuard key against keys Mullvad publishes. The client is open source and available on Apple platforms and, more recently, Linux.

## What the terms say about ID
Site states accounts are an account number with "No names, no emails, no phone numbers necessary".

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: yes; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: yes; Accepts Lightning: yes; Accepts cash: not stated
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Open source: yes; No-logs policy: yes; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: not stated; 5+ years operating: not stated
- **Warnings:** May ask for ID: not in terms; Email required: not in terms; Phone number required: not in terms; Closed source: not in terms; Nobody accountable: not in terms

## Questions
### Does Obscura VPN require KYC?
Obscura VPN is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Site states accounts are an account number with "No names, no emails, no phone numbers necessary".

### Is Obscura VPN safe to use?
Obscura VPN has a Safety grade of 5.8 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.8 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is Obscura VPN legit?
Obscura VPN is a working VPN. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.8 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is Obscura VPN a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Obscura VPN.

### Do I need an account or email to use Obscura VPN?
Random account number.

### Does Obscura VPN have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Obscura VPN's own pages.

### Which cryptocurrencies does Obscura VPN support?
Obscura VPN supports BTC, XMR.

### Can I use Obscura VPN over Tor?
Obscura VPN does not publish an official onion address.

## Sources
- https://obscura.net
- https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology