You can check its official announcement or GitHub repo to learn more about the intricacies of this browser. That is why the Mullvad Browser is aimed at those who prefer to use a VPN instead of the Tor Network, but with all the privacy-focused features found on the Tor browser. Why now?: The folks over at Mullvad felt there was a gap to fill, as there hasn't been a good privacy-focused browser except for the Tor browser for a long-time now. Maybe, the Mullvad browser reduces the data available to fingerprinters for now. I am not sure what went wrong or if it will be fixed/improved in the coming updates to it, but Tor Browser and Brave manage to provide a randomized fingerprint. When I tested Mullvad Browser on my Ubuntu setup by running a fingerprint test by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I found out that my browser had a unique fingerprint. Well, for starters, the browser has been designed to minimize the threat of tracking and fingerprinting by big tech. Will it be one of the best web browsers for Ubuntu and Linux? Who knows!

You must be wondering, what are the privacy-focused features of the Mullvad Browser? The CEO of Mullvad VPN, Jan Jonsson mentions: We want to free the internet from mass surveillance and a VPN alone is not enough to achieve privacy.įrom 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.

Instead, it gives the users a choice between using the inbuilt Mullvad VPN support or going solo without a VPN but with all the privacy-focused features. Sounds exciting! Let us take a look at what it is all about! Mullvad Browser: What is it?ĭeveloped by the Tor Project's engineers, the Mullvad Browser is basically like the Tor Browser but without the Tor bits in it. The ' Mullvad Browser' has been made together with the Tor Project. Mullvad VPN is known for its no-logs policy and open-source clients (also available for Linux).Īnd now, they have launched an open-source privacy-focused browser.

Tor project website