cross-posted from: https://monero.town/post/422188
The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in collaboration with Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It aims to eliminate data collection and provide user-centric browsing services, ensuring online activity remains private and secure. The browser has the same fingerprinting protection as the Tor Browser, but connects to the internet without Tor Network or VPN instead. The Mullvad Browser provides anti-fingerprinting protections.
The idea is to provide one more alternative – beside the Tor Network – to browse the internet with more privacy. To get as many people as possible to fight the big data gathering of today. To free the internet from mass surveillance.
Here: >> mullvad browser official <<
I keep Mullvad as my backup browser. It’s now the one I go to for any one-off link that I don’t want associated with my primary browser (Safari) or the one that I use as real-backup to check if a page isn’t working because of my various privacy extensions (Firefox). It’s primarily used to watch videos on the old site about once per week, as that’s the only part of Lemmy that’s still missing for me. Which is good, cause I blew way to much time on those videos.
Ok, this is a very very noob question but here it is : is it normal to have the Mullvad’s window is weirdly cropped ? Just like Tor. I guess it’s related to resolution and avoid profiling ?
Yes, exactly that’s the reason. To make you appear more equal to others. It is one part of how Mullvad Browser is providing you more privacy.
I see thanks. Damn I hate that privacy means compromising that much. Not sure I’d get use to it. But I will certainly give it a try
I guess that’s how browser window privacy looks like. You also close the curtains a little bit - if you don’t want others to see you naked while taking a shower.
in which way is better than firefox with adblocker and anti fingerprinting? honest question
You can compare Mullvad Browser with your Firefox Browser. Just do a Fingerprint Test:
Is your Firefox better? Does it hide more details about you? No.
Your Firefox is likely very unique. So your settings and extensions appear to be special; let’s say you stick out of the others. Also your Screen-Size and if its a touchable screen and how much RAM your device has and so on… Mullvad Browser makes all users look much more like the same user - users are less identifiable.
Default Firefox settings with uBlock Origin results in everything passing except the unique fingerprint, and hardening Firefox to do that is easy enough with something like Privacy Badger, some fingerprint anonymization extensions or just disabling JavaScript. From my experience, though, doing that will make the web nigh-unusable for the average user with sites regularly breaking or constantly spamming you with Captchas wherever you go.
I’m curious how “usable” Mullvade Browser is for the everyday user, compared to Firefox with uBlock Origin.
Edit: Fixed typo
You can get Mulvad as a Firefox extension FYI. I was just on the page.
What’s interesting is that on mobile Firefox passes less of those checks than DuckDuckgo
You need to be careful how you promote this.
It does not replace tor for anonymity, or VPNs for privacy. It does not mask your IP address or use onion routing.
It doesn’t offer a a whole lot more that Firefox with ublock.
I know that Mullvad Browser not interfering with IP-Addresses of its users. I know that it is not replacing Tor Browser for anonymity.
It increases your anonymity by using it instead of your default browser. And it is hugely increasing your anonymity while using it with a VPN. A VPN is probably still leaking your identity “fingerprint” if you use it with your standard webbrowser.
I was also, initially, a little bit confused with how this was being framed. I understand now having read it more closely, but on first reading of the line “The idea is to provide one more alternative – beside the Tor Network – to browse the internet with more privacy” because of the word “alternative” I thought you were suggesting it as a replacement for Tor.
Thank you for pointing this out! I did not read it like that - probably because the concept is already in my mind. It could be some kind of alternative to Tor in combination with other technologies like i2p or Proxy or VPN. The Mullvad webpage also is strongly recommending to use VPN in combination with the Mullvad Browser.
Just see it from the other perspective: Many think that they are anonymously surfing the Web with their standard-webbrowser. But that’s not the case - you have to use proper sanity if you want to surf anonymously. And that’s why it’s good to use Mullvad Browser.
What do you seek to gain by posting this everywhere……?
This really screams: advertisement.
