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If you trust Mullvad to see all your traffic (including every IP you connect to), it seems okay to trust them to see your DNS queries (that will return the very same IPs you will later connect to)
I don't though. I don't use Mullvad VPN.
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Stick out to who? Just set the useragent to a default firefox one (assuming its not already set) and you're golden.
I decided to test it out on a website[0] and it does seem that the useragent goes by the Firefox name: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0 On my Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0 It's interesting to note that the Mullvad browser seems to be based off on Firefox 102.0, which came way back on June 28, 2022: https://www.mozilla.…
From the FAQ [0]: > Why is the time is wrong? > The timezone is spoofed, to combat fingerprinting. > What's this weird spacing around the websites? > It’s called letterboxing, a function to combat fingerprinting (using your browser window size to identify you together with other measures). > How do I stay logged into specific websites between sessions? > It’s not possible. It’s an action to combat tracking. Not sure…
Except most of the time I don't want to spoof my timezone, don't want weird spacing around websites, and do want to remain logged in to websites. > How do I stay logged into specific websites between sessions? > It’s not possible. It’s an action to combat tracking. Turns me off immediately
I like Mullvad but it can actually be challenging to purchase a subscription in the US. Most prepaid cards block the purchase. Sure, you can use it with a fully tracked card etc. but that's not really the target audience.
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Stick out to who? Just set the useragent to a default firefox one (assuming its not already set) and you're golden.
I decided to test it out on a website[0] and it does seem that the useragent goes by the Firefox name: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0 On my Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0 It's interesting to note that the Mullvad browser seems to be based off on Firefox 102.0, which came way back on June 28, 2022: https://www.mozilla.…
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Except most of the time I don't want to spoof my timezone, don't want weird spacing around websites, and do want to remain logged in to websites. > How do I stay logged into specific websites between sessions? > It’s not possible. It’s an action to combat tracking. Turns me off immediately
Well, some of us don't want to be tracked, don't want to be tracked and don't want to be tracked. Given your stated preferences, are you actually looking for a privacy-focused browser?
So ... it is a fork of Mozilla Firefox with privacy-friendly settings by default, some script blocking, and dns lookups done via Mullvads encrypted dns service Sounds ok to me, I have a longish and probably out of date list of settings that I like to chance in a new instance of firefox. I trust mullvad to not log dns more than I trust my ISP and I live in the UK so unencrypted dns here is being logged and stored by o…
So you get all the in-browser tracking protection Firefox has (e.g. against fingerprinting) + the ones only the Tor browser has but without the drawbacks of the tor network and in turn without onion security.
I hope there will be a mobile version too at some point.
I'm not sure if it's the same org behind it, but there is a Mull browser available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/