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Me. It leaks.
Can you provide a few examples? Has this been reported to Mullvad?
Split tunnel + qbittorrent leaks your ip
The Mullvad Browser
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Re: The Mullvad Browser
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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…
It annoys me that the only way to access iPlayer from abroad is via a VPN. Surely opening it up and allowing international customers to pay some form of license fee could be a nice little revenue stream for the BBC? I'm guessing the reason is just "licensing issues" but if they're making the programmes then what's the problem? I'm sure there's an international market for watching the world class output from the BBC.
Its not the only way.
Smart DNS providers like Getflix provide access to BBC Iplayer and a ton of other streaming services too.
Basically you use their DNS servers and they handle the geo-unblocking.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#283From 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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Re: The Mullvad Browser
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But isn’t this integrated directly into the browser, so that your host system does not need Mullvad?
Nope. Their browser seems intended to be paired with their VPN product, not to be substituted for it.
In my understanding, the Mullvad VPN extension is built in, with Mullvad DoH included.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#285Beware, there does not seem to be a way to uninstall this conventionally.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
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Mullvad has been around for quite a long time, and regularly releases third-party security audits. Is there anything they've done that comes off as a red flag to you? > Perhaps I’m just really distrustful and cynical. That's fine, but you should have a good reason for it
Long-term services are great targets for governments. If you were to looking for some trust in a VPN, you would want them to offer locations in privacy friendly countries, and highlighting them as such. That would potentially funnel more used to those servers which would be beneficial. You would also want the VPN to ensure the servers in those countries are run by companies based in that country, and not be head-quar…
None of these things prevent tracking. In fact they are are an attractive intelligence asset precisely because people believe they are more secure.
Crypto AG
Re: The Mullvad Browser
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Some people just want everything, no compromises.
That's not very charitable. Some people just want to pick a different point on the tradeoff between convenience and privacy. Imagine User A uses Fastmail every day, logging in manually every morning. User B uses Fastmail every day, with a saved login cookie. How is User B's privacy any worse? What would User B gain from not having that choice?
The GP said "some people" not everyone. Some people want all the convenience and the illusion of privacy; the benefits minus the cost. It's human nature to want something without paying for it, just as it is human nature to pretend that desire doesn't exist
Re: The Mullvad Browser
#288"The account number is the only thing you need to connect to Mullvad VPN. We ask for no email, no phone number, no personal information whatsoever." yeah, also they get my bank card info, I become easily trackable if need arises
Using your card is a choice, you can pay with Monero or send them cash in an envelope.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
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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".
Whatever you want to call it, and whatever it means to you, it must be done in some way, like it or not. Or you can sit here and complain everyone's using the big name that sucks and nobody uses your superior 100% artisinally, crafted from free-range conflict-free code, ethically "superior" app.
Re: The Mullvad Browser
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> 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
Seems like a wash overall with how Chrome for Android lacks support for extensions entirely. Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which greatly cuts down on tracking and chances to be hit by broadly-targeted malvertising.
Firefox on iOS contains no built-in adblocking despite Firefox Focus doing so.
More bizarrely, there’s an open Bugzilla and GitHub issue on that, both a few years old.
Obviously I have transferred my entire family and social circle over to Brave. If Firefox won’t make their users secure, I will.