Why should I put any faith in this VPN company if I don't even trust my own ISP?
In Sweden (where Mullvad has its origin) IPSs are forced to keep data on its users, see Datalagringsdirektivet. It does not apply to VPN providers.
The Mullvad Browser
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Re: The Mullvad Browser
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eich is divisive, sure, but Brave is not a secure browser any more than Firefox is, with a lot of phoning home and crypto widget, that like them or not, are out of place in a browser you want to trust. Ideally my browser and all the software I use do not connect and fetch data unless I tell them to. A browser should not be "bundled" with extra widgets for convenience.
Brave had the least home-phoning in the study https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/study...
I would have liked to see where Vivaldi fell in there testing.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
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Re: The Mullvad Browser
#174From 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…
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#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
I quite like Mullvad. I haven't needed to use them much (mostly when my ISP has wonky routing and I need something semi-urgent), but their service is pretty good, their website feels like it's designed for the more "techy users". Their billing is the least sketchiest of VPN providers, with no ticking clocks, no upsell and other nonsense. I also like they provide a Wireguard file and a way to filter it, so it's super…
I share a VPN subscription with my father, I use it for torrenting so my ISP can't snoop on me, and he uses it to bypass geo blocking to watch UK shows (things like BritBox, Netflix, BBC etc.) in another country. Unfortunately, there is no way to legally pay for most of these services and watch them from abroad. I tried to get us to use Mullvad, as it was perfect for me, but for him it was constant problems with the…
> … he uses it to bypass geo blocking to watch UK shows (things like BritBox, Netflix, BBC etc.) in another country. Unfortunately, there is no way to legally pay for most of these services and watch them from abroad.
Not that it's your point, but, at least in the US, you can pay for BritBox on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront?contentType=subsc... .
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#176I guess why not. This is an open source, rebranded Firefox and Firefox-like browsers could use some publicity. It promotes privacy and privacy can use some publicity too. Tor too. Mullvad seems to be honest in the fact that their business model is selling VPNs and it's nice they are saying it's not enough. They are not saying that you might not need one though. We need a Firefox with good defaults and it seems like t…
> I guess why not.
> ...Even in the desktop version, Firefox's sandbox is still substantially weaker (especially on Linux) and lacks full support for isolating sites from each other rather than only containing content as a whole. The sandbox has been gradually improving on the desktop but it isn't happening for their Android browser yet.
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#177I guess why not. This is an open source, rebranded Firefox and Firefox-like browsers could use some publicity. It promotes privacy and privacy can use some publicity too. Tor too. Mullvad seems to be honest in the fact that their business model is selling VPNs and it's nice they are saying it's not enough. They are not saying that you might not need one though. We need a Firefox with good defaults and it seems like t…
Firefox is already an an ad for Mullvad since the Mozilla VPN is rebranded Mullvad. It would not be terrible for them to become a more prominent corporate sponsor of Mozilla. Less eyebrow-raising than Google at least.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#178From 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
Then standard Firefox with "Enhanced Tracking Protection" set to "Strict" would probably be enough for you.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a bi man, the next paragraphs excuse nothing. But if these details are to play a factor in browser selection, one should reflect on the myriad of undesirable associations involved in going about daily life. Just typing this reply involves an entire supply chain associated with individuals and organizations of questionable character. To apply this same level of sensitivity to daily life would be to mostly unhook on…
Sure, I'm not disagreeing with you and this is actually an interesting philosophical topic to discuss (I mean it, I'm genuinely interested in this and have been wondering where to put limits on this kind of stuff). But wondering whether is Eich homophobic? Meh. Bored of these discussions. I have set my opinion on this. It's been discussed enough.
Yeah, that’s a fair stance and I generally agree with you here.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#180Do I correctly understand that it does not have a mechanism by which to connect to Mullvad, much less mandate it? The only thing I see is the ability to manually detect externally-initiated VPN status. This seems like a key and significant departure from Tor Browser to me in terms of protection.