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is it worth it to swicth to mullvad browser for better privacy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 days ago by kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52731585

I was reading around about private browsers and I came across mullvad's browser (only know them for the VPN), do you have experience using it? does it do anything different? I currently use librewolf and from what I can see the mullvad browser also is build from firefox. I generally prefer firefox-like browsers to chromium since i like way its set up and what it allows me to do. Its supposedly build by the same guys who made the tor browser (tbh i feel like thats just marketing). From their website it says its tor without tor but instead with a VPN. So technically I can accomplish the same thing with librewolf and a VPN?? Does the mullvad browser do anything new/different? One thing they do mention is browser fingerprinting does it do anything special to combat that? if i switch to mullvad instead but still have the same extensions is it more private?

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I may be the odd duck here with all the librewolf suggestions, but I am fond of waterfox, just configure it / harden it along similar lines as librewolf, force DoH, force HTTPS, have some kind of anti fingerprinting/profiling solution, yada yada.

Uh then what I do is just run I2P and use a silly little 'assign a proxy to a tab type' addon, and now that is my 'private mode' that runs in its own window.

(i ended up with this because i wanted to be able to run and manage i2pd, specifically, also as a distinct thing, and i could not figure out how to do this with any of the existing i2pd -fox land addons... maybe i am just stupid, i dunno lol)

Ultimately, what I would suggest is to just test various configurations of various security oriented browsers in the eff cover your tracks thingie, and find a balance or use style that works for you, balancing functionality and security/privacy.

Like, do actually test things, don't just run with what someone says should work, not even me.

For me, what works is my weird little --just use one browser and have a 'mostly secure' default mode, and a 'more secure' private mode--...

... but maybe you'd get better mileage out of just two totally different browsers, one 'secure-ish' and one 'more secure'... or maybe theres some other way of switching between other levels of JS blocking / ad blocking / general security thresholds via other kinds of mode shifts or something?