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Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by jraph »

CostcoFanboy wrote: post #368
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…

> We need a Firefox with good defaults So, like LibreWolf, Waterfox, etc. ? There's a ton of those already.

This time, there's strong marketing power though. It has a chance of being adopted by people interested in privacy but not really into computers. It matters a lot.

Now, I didn't really know about LibreWolf, I'll look into it for myself.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by jchmrt »

ta1243 wrote: post #313
teawrecks wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a matter of user choice, it's a matter of maintenance and product integrity. User B's privacy is objectively lessened by allowing tracking cookies, but that is their choice. What is out of the user's control is what mullvad chooses to spend their time supporting. If mullvad allows users to turn off a privacy feature, now that's a permutation they have to test for. It's also an attack vector they've enabled,…

If someone is logging into fastmail every day how does preventing this from being remembered help?

A possible scenadio might be that one day the user wants to log in to their other fastmail account, which they don't want to be linked to their main one in any way.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by MikusR »

artimaeis wrote: post #295
MikusR wrote: post #281

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Split tunnel + qbittorrent leaks your ip

Using Mullvad (2023.2) split tunnel on my Windows 11 machine with qBittorrent 4.5.2. Every IP tool I know of is showing only my Mullvad IP. What tool are you using that indicates a leak of your real IP? Tools I've used to verify: - https://mullvad.net/en/check - https://ipleak.org/ - https://browserleaks.com/ip Genuinely curious because I use this setup all the time and want to rest assured it's behaving as I expect.

Mullvad was set to use wireguard. qbittorrent set to use only the mullvad adapter. qbittorrent log showed that it's listening to that adapters ip but found that external ip was mine (upnp was turned off). Then I checked with https://ipleak.net/ torrent address detector. and it also showed my real ip.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by andai »

s777 wrote: post #300
andai wrote: post #124

Curious how usable it is for anything with CloudFlare. CloudFlare doesn't like browsers that block fingerprinting, and it doesn't like Tor Browser in my experience, and when I use Mullvad I also get way more CloudFlare Captchas, often getting stuck in an infinite loop. I'm focusing on CloudFlare because it seems half the sites I use are behind their firewall now. (e.g. I have to switch from Brave to Firefox every tim…

I use LibreWolf (hardened Firefox) with Mullvad VPN and in my experience have hardly had any issues with Cloudflare (occasionally I might get a single Cloudflare captcha but this doesn't happen often). Tor browser, on the other hand, gives me tons of captchas and is barely usable.

Dear customers of Cloudflare: an appeal regarding Tor (2018)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17750801

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by zelphirkalt »

plaguepilled wrote: post #367

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, this seems like a legitimately good product. On the other, I can't help but feel this would have had greater impact had the Mullvad team collaborated with the LibreWolf project. Sure they wouldn't be able to market it as directly, but I think their user base would be much bigger. Edit: it seems NoScript is also included which... I'm not sure I personally agree with?…

NoScript blocks scripts, unlike uBlock Origin, which blocks whole domains. Both can be had from uMatrix, but I think it is unmaintained now.

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by zelphirkalt »

andai wrote: post #124

Curious how usable it is for anything with CloudFlare. CloudFlare doesn't like browsers that block fingerprinting, and it doesn't like Tor Browser in my experience, and when I use Mullvad I also get way more CloudFlare Captchas, often getting stuck in an infinite loop. I'm focusing on CloudFlare because it seems half the sites I use are behind their firewall now. (e.g. I have to switch from Brave to Firefox every tim…

Cloudflare is bad for the web by now. There is way too much in their hands as well. I observe the same as you, infinite loops, that make me leave the sites where it happens. Probably many others experience the same, but the website owner will never know, because they put the blindfolds on.

Unfortunately it is hard to suggest alternatives. But maybe HN has some ideas how to self host something effective to avoid having to use something like Cloudflare?

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by zelphirkalt »

s777 wrote: post #300
andai wrote: post #124

Curious how usable it is for anything with CloudFlare. CloudFlare doesn't like browsers that block fingerprinting, and it doesn't like Tor Browser in my experience, and when I use Mullvad I also get way more CloudFlare Captchas, often getting stuck in an infinite loop. I'm focusing on CloudFlare because it seems half the sites I use are behind their firewall now. (e.g. I have to switch from Brave to Firefox every tim…

I use LibreWolf (hardened Firefox) with Mullvad VPN and in my experience have hardly had any issues with Cloudflare (occasionally I might get a single Cloudflare captcha but this doesn't happen often). Tor browser, on the other hand, gives me tons of captchas and is barely usable.

Should this be concerning?

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by CoolCold »

lurtbancaster wrote: post #330
brewdad wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If a user cares about privacy and security why would they be using an outdated, unsupported OS? That would be like double dead bolting the front door but leaving the window next to it wide open.

My point is that if it's just Tor Browser without Tor, then there's functionally no reason to have that build be incompatible with Windows 7. Unless they deliberately coded it in like if OS=Win7/Win8 ; then Crash ; else Run Which would be a dick move, especially because Firefox, on which Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser are based, still supports Windows 7. --------- Now to your point. It is absolutely possible to run…

> I've modified my `UXTheme.dll` to significantly change my "Desktop Environment" to suit my workflow

I wonder what kind of work flow it is, mind sharing couple of samples?

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by LoganDark »

louison11 wrote: post #379
867-5309 wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a few years ago I moved outside the UK and spent the best part of 3 months (on and off) trying to access BBC content, legally, still holding residency, paying domiciliary and employment taxes, and paying for a bladdy TV loicence of course, I wanted to do this for as close to free as possible, since plugging an aerial into a tv at home also cost next to nothing VPNs were already being detected and banned. I tried at l…

Can you or someone explain why so many Brits want to watch UK television from abroad? I’m French living abroad and have never missed French TV. The quality of the content is just very sub-par compared to American shows. They just don’t have the budget to compete. Is the UK different because it’s English speaking and perhaps it has access to a wider market and thus more capital?

> Can you or someone explain why so many Brits want to watch UK television from abroad?

As an example, Doctor Who sometimes releases new episodes. BBC doesn't just have UK television — they have an "on-demand" offering that actually works, and isn't sparsely populated with 15% of the episodes like some other services (cough Xfinity cough).

Re: The Mullvad Browser

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Post by shzhdbi09gv8ioi »

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…

> They are not saying that you might not need one though.

Why would they?

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