@JamesDBartlett3 It would be nice if that were the case, but Firefox has made plenty of terrible decisions in the past, and while I find them the best browser, I don't believe that they always have our best interests in mind.
It's good to have these alternatives to shift trust around a bit, and there is a gap between Tor and Firefox for users like me who want stronger privacy, but not enough to justify Tor.
Altering Firefox manually to do this causes it to be very fingerprintable.
@JamesDBartlett3 I think it's also about having an easy button, for people who want privacy but don't want to read guides or figure stuff out they can just be pointed at this for an okay enough solution that doesn't ward them off due to too many steps, or having to remember to turn the VPN on and off and open private tabs etc.
At least, from what they've told us so far, it removes a lot of steps from the process.
The use case seems unclear so far, for sure, but I hope they make it clear soon.
“Developing this browser with Mullvad is about providing people with more privacy options for everyday browsing and to challenge the current business model of exploiting people’s behavioral data,” says Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director, The Tor Project. “From our perspective there has been a gap in the market for those who want to run a privacy-focused browser as good as the Tor Project’s but with a VPN instead of the Tor Network,” says Jan Jonsson, CEO at Mullvad VPN.
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That's exciting news!
I've recently read how the #Tor and #Debian teams take the #security of software distribution very seriously. Truly amazing stuff.
Great to see how @mullvadnet, a private #VPN company, and Tor are teaming up to make more secure and private tools for everyone.
A feature tip for @techlore maybe?
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