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Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by sph »

INeedMoreRam wrote: post #129
sph wrote: post #103

Earlier 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.

You can completely disable the crypto wallet.

On-by-default is a terrible security and privacy approach.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by AtNightWeCode »

Why not. I have a crazy idea. How about building an edge service that renders pages on the edge on identical HW and SW and then just stream it to end users. Could be built with Cloudlfare workers and Puppeteer for instance. People are already doing crazy things in automatic tests so I don't think there is a need to shy away because of the need for client side scripts. Or just run a Chromium instance.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by AccountAccount1 »

ementally wrote: post #114

If a lot of non-Mullvad users use it, it will create a nice pool of people with at least the same browser fingerprint. Basically, it seems like a good choice if you are already a Mullvad user and your threat model does not require the use of a Tor browser. However, if there's a significant non-Mullvad user base using it, it won't do much, as you'll just stand out as the only person using the Mullvad browser without M…

The browser fingerprint is so crazy... I don't understand how they don't regulate this shit.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by dns_snek »

dimitrios1 wrote: post #249
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #248

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> it's nice they are saying it's not enough. Mullvad, who has a reputation in the HN comments for being just like... over the top amazing + great (they swear up and down they don't store traffic logs and if you don't trust them, you can pay anonymously somehow or whatever), is having a "hard time" being profitable/growing all while NordVPN, who has a bad reputation in HN comments for being untrustworthy and "not so a…

It's called educating your potential customers on your product. NordVPN has spent an incredible amount of money getting their name out there. The majority of the population hasn't a clue about what a VPN is or does. The ones that do, their only interface is "its this thing my company makes me connect to" Of the remaining subset of people who are aware of what VPNs actually do for you, it's likely they can only name 1…

> So if you have the superior product, but the lesser position in the market, then get busy marketing.

Easier said than done I imagine. Big brand VPN providers charge several times more for the "same" service, or make you sign up with 3 year commitment to even come close to Mullvad's monthly pricing.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by AccountAccount1 »

AtNightWeCode wrote: post #272

Why not. I have a crazy idea. How about building an edge service that renders pages on the edge on identical HW and SW and then just stream it to end users. Could be built with Cloudlfare workers and Puppeteer for instance. People are already doing crazy things in automatic tests so I don't think there is a need to shy away because of the need for client side scripts. Or just run a Chromium instance.

There's already some work to that direction with cloudflare workers... but I really differs on why people would look for that; in a bit more convoluted case, for example, it would be destined for browsing nested pages of instagram, facebook, reddit, and so on... so it's bit difficult to that, especially with things that require auth...

much more a coordination problem that an engineering one

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by Dylan16807 »

Euphorbium wrote: post #163
dymk wrote: post #112

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There is no opt-out to not use a VPN. There's... the Mullvad logo, which seems pretty reasonable. Certainly more reasonable than injecting their own ad network into your pages and pushing your home-rolled cryptocoin.

I have been using brave for a long time, and the only places where crypto is mentioned is in the new tab window. You have to opt in to add replacement.

I believe you mean "you have to opt in to their ads, and there is no ad replacement feature", unless something has changed very recently.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by yencabulator »

dimitrios1 wrote: post #249
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's nice they are saying it's not enough. Mullvad, who has a reputation in the HN comments for being just like... over the top amazing + great (they swear up and down they don't store traffic logs and if you don't trust them, you can pay anonymously somehow or whatever), is having a "hard time" being profitable/growing all while NordVPN, who has a bad reputation in HN comments for being untrustworthy and "not so a…

It's called educating your potential customers on your product. NordVPN has spent an incredible amount of money getting their name out there. The majority of the population hasn't a clue about what a VPN is or does. The ones that do, their only interface is "its this thing my company makes me connect to" Of the remaining subset of people who are aware of what VPNs actually do for you, it's likely they can only name 1…

> NordVPN has spent an incredible amount of money getting their name out there.

I think you misspelled "spamming ads everywhere".

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by dns_snek »

crop_rotation wrote: post #244
piaste wrote: post #185

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Why don't you want random traffic to go through the VPN? Mullvad is quite fast.

It's not about speed. There are many websites where your identity is linked in some fashion (e.g Your bank). I don't want my bank to block my account because I was in one continent in the morning and another in afternoon. The same goes for other critical accounts. I know I know, this is all unlikely, but why bother with it if it can cause a lot of headache. e.g. I know of people whose facebook accounts got blocked an…

Firefox allows you to assign proxies to individual containers. You could create a "Mullvad" container, set it to use Mullvad's SOCKS proxy and then configure a list of websites to always open in that container. That should allow for nice segregation on the level of individual tabs.

They haven't documented this feature [1], but it's part of the official "Multi-Account Containers" extension. It can be found in MAC -> Manage Containers -> Select -> Advanced Proxy Settings at the bottom.

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

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