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Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by shp0ngle »

detrites wrote: post #28

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…

What is more satisfying than needing to enter OTP every time I go to check email.

I already do this for work (for security theatre) so I will skip this

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by seanw444 »

RealStickman_ wrote: post #143
enlyth wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Problems with services are to be expected when using Mullvad. Their IPs are all recognised as originating from datacenters. You might be lucky, but often not. Sketchier VPN providers use "home ips" and rotate them regularly in order to defeat Netflix or other services blocking them.

Why are the sketchy VPN providers capable of that, but not Mullvad?

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by seanw444 »

oDot wrote: post #176
jraph wrote: post #20

I 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. https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing

The thing is, while Firefox should have better sandboxing, the tradeoff at the moment is that with Chromium you get better security, but less control and privacy off the bat. With Firefox, you get less security, but more control and privacy off the bat.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by FireInsight »

jraph wrote: post #20

I 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'm quite surprised nobody mentioned Librewolf yet. https://librewolf.net/

It's a custom build of Firefox with somewhat sensible, sometimes strict, privacy respecting default settings.

There's also the Arkenfox user.js which you can put on top of vanilla Firefox, aiming for the most privacy and security possible. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by [deleted] »

notRobot wrote: post #191
astrostl wrote: post #180

Do 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.

> Do I correctly understand that it does not have a mechanism by which to connect to Mullvad, much less mandate it? No. It comes with their extension with contents to the VPN via socks5.

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Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by tempest_ »

seanw444 wrote: post #223
RealStickman_ wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Problems with services are to be expected when using Mullvad. Their IPs are all recognised as originating from datacenters. You might be lucky, but often not. Sketchier VPN providers use "home ips" and rotate them regularly in order to defeat Netflix or other services blocking them.

Why are the sketchy VPN providers capable of that, but not Mullvad?

Sketchier providers often use dubious methods to acquire their exit nodes.

Often they pay someone to include their code in a "free" software or browser extension (or malware) that allows them to route traffic through the host.

Oxylabs is one of the larger examples whose record is somewhat dubious.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by detrites »

deltree7 wrote: post #203
detrites wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Most of us are self-aware that I'm not that important to be specifically targeted. At the end of the day, where there is attention, there will be ads. All you are fighting for should they show you relevant ads or irrelevant ads. People who live a privileged life and have nothing else important going on in their life choose this hill to die on.

There are 200 countries on this earth, and not all of them have the luxury of an uncorrupt, actually-democratic set of genuine public servants who wish only to create utmost benefit for the largest number of people.

If you have that, you're a minority. And if you believe you have that, but actually you don't, you'll find out only after it's too late to save it. It's prudent instead to assume and act like you don't have it in either case.

Indeed, some of the greatest democracies have been set up precisely to that end.

For many, online privacy isn't at all about advertising. It's about working to a common good of rights and freedom for all.

Rest on your laurels all you like, but don't deride others who refuse to. It is only through the efforts of such people, and in the past those like them, that any of us have the ability to take any such rest at all.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by dblohm7 »

oDot wrote: post #176
jraph wrote: post #20

I 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. https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing

That is waaaay out of date on the Desktop front.
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