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Mullvad VPN discloses fingerprinting flaw that could track users across servers - you may need to act now (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] 53 points 5 months ago

Glad they seem to be owning this and transparent about their plans to fix it. Mullvad seems to be outstanding and I'm not aware of any cases where they have been caught storing logs or revealing useful information for any subpoena.

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    [–] 51 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    https://mullvad.net/en/blog/exit-ip-fingerprinting-between-vpn-servers

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    This just sounds like regular browser fingerprinting, so it's not really about the VPN.

    We already knew VPNs alone were not a full privacy setup.

    NoScripts is a browser extension that reduces fingerprinting by blocking websites from running javascript code to extract that info from your device.

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    • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Is there Mullvad browser for android? Or should I install firefox/fennec extension?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    There isn't yet

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

    Then what browser should one use? My PC runs librewolf for example

    Edit:typo, etc.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I favor ironfox, which is easiest to find via fdroid. It's very similar to librewolf in goals and settings to enhance privacy

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    I second ironfox, its great. I would also reccomend fennec, which is essentially just debloated firefox. I use it for sites that ironfox breaks.

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