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Mullvad VPNMullvad VPN and the Tor Project today present the release of the Mullvad Browser.
A privacy-focused web browser designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network.
Read the full story and download the browser here.
“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.
Patterns@mullvadnet love you, Mullvad! You have my trust.
Sheldon Cooper@mullvadnet Do you accept connections from tor? Do you have a hidden service for incoming vpn connections? I mean Is below possible?
User -> Tor Browser -> Tor network -> Mullvad VPN -> google.com
User -> Tor Browser -> Tor network -> Mullvad VPN -> google.com
Mike D@intelligent_snyder @mullvadnet
Using your example it should be done this way:
User -> Mullvad VPN -> Tor Browser -> Tor network -> google.com
This protects you from your own service provider.
Also, the DuckDuckGo search engine provides more privacy than google's.
@md @mullvadnet @duckduckgo
Nope. The goal is to avoid tor exit nodes.
Reasons:
1. Many websites block tor exit nodes due to spam
2. Avoid bandwidth bottleneck
3. Some Tor exit nodes are known to scan for crypto currency wallet address and change them.
4. Avoid timing analysis.
Having VPN in front of tor is already possible. I was asking about this path:
User -> Tor Browser -> Tor network -> Mullvad VPN Hidden service -> google.com
Natanael ⚠️@intelligent_snyder @md @mullvadnet @duckduckgo configure the VPN client to connect through your Tor client in that case
@intelligent_snyder @mullvadnet
I see now. I'm aware of exit node issues but the cryptocurrency issue is new to me.
I see now. I'm aware of exit node issues but the cryptocurrency issue is new to me.
@mullvadnet Jan Jonsson's quote hits the nail on the head. Such a smart move by Mullvad.
user not found@mullvadnet Will there be a blog post about the technical side of this browser? It looks like it is built on Firefox, but other than that, any differences?
We have lots of information on our browser page: https://mullvad.net/browser
@mullvadnet thanks! Could be a bit more prominent on the browser home page.
So question, is this a browser that is useful for a developer that uses the developer tools all day long? Or rather stay with Librewolf / Firefox, for these kind of usage?
Moanos@mullvadnet Can I also use my own wireguard VPN?
Yes. This browser is designed to be used with any trustworthy VPN. It will work with our study without a VPN however.
Seedy Three Sixty@mullvadnet @moanos I can't use it without a VPN; I either get invalid URL or server not found.
sl1200@mullvadnet Nice Work!!!
henriette@mullvadnet
That sounds interesting. Will there be an Android version?
That sounds interesting. Will there be an Android version?
Not currently! Perhaps in future!
@mullvadnet
Okay, thanks. I'll wait for it.
Okay, thanks. I'll wait for it.
Kael Rills@mullvadnet @henriette
If adding in the future for Android, please make add-ons available like Firefox nightly. It's the only browser on mobile that I can use darkreader extension with for my sensitive eyes and is a deal breaker for me personally :)
In the meantime, already using it on my computer, thank you for all the hard work!!
If adding in the future for Android, please make add-ons available like Firefox nightly. It's the only browser on mobile that I can use darkreader extension with for my sensitive eyes and is a deal breaker for me personally :)
In the meantime, already using it on my computer, thank you for all the hard work!!
Kildey@mullvadnet Is the browser available on Arm SBCs running Linux?
WarLordElite@mullvadnet Splendid news to see another trustworthy privacy option available for everyone.
Mick Mavromatis@mullvadnet Great stuff!!! I will start using it soon! Any plans for iOS version too?
Not currently. Perhaps in future.
Børge@mullvadnet This sounds great! But I'm not installing a .tar.gz! Will you get it up on Flathub? Thanks! :)
Maybe in future!
polgz 
@mullvadnet Hi! Is it planned to make it available via [deb-get](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get) as you do with mullvad-vpn for debian and/or debian-based distros? Or since it is based on TOR Browser it will always follow the tar.xz compress file to extract and execute the desktop file?
ubinull@mullvadnet Looking good, but a very important question before that: can I route only the traffic of the browser trough Mullvad and not any other traffic?
Yes. We currently have support for split-tunneling on Windows and Linux.