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Mullvad VPN, Mullvad browser, Mullvad search engine.. never ever put all your eggs in one basket, so much data and meta data can be collected and cross referenc

by AHOHA 3y ago

Mullvad VPN, Mullvad browser, Mullvad search engine.. never ever put all your eggs in one basket, so much data and meta data can be collected and cross referenced to your ID.

piaste 3y ago
It's a bit more nuanced. Let's keep it simple and say you produce 3 data sets when browsing and clicking on results: search queries, DNS queries, HTTPS queries. If it takes a correlation of the 3 datasets to identify you, then it is better to use 3 different providers. However, if any one of those datasets is sufficient to ID you, then it is better to choose a single provider.
- AHOHA 3y ago
  Unfortunately it isn’t that simple, from the moment your device connect to the wifi for example, every sigle information/packet/etc. shared or stored can be used to identify you, the more you share, the more can be collected to identify you. Now VPN alone by concept isn’t meant for privacy as you always have to trust the unregulated provider (contrary to your ISP for example), when all your data is tunneled through their servers, that’s a lone is big risk based on a trust only, however, and due to the nature of these shared IP vpns, sometimes maybe (keyword maybe) it’s challenging to pinpoint a specific client, and here comes the others, a browser that can have unique fingerprint, and now search queries that can add an extra source of information to further pinpoint you, especially as others mentioned below that you still need to enter your VPN code to use that search engine.. I haven’t tried it yet to give my personal experience as I stopped using mullvad, but if I did I will update this post further.
hammock 3y ago
Google DNS, Google Chrome, Google search...
- AHOHA 3y ago
  Exactly, it’s never a good idea to do that, the only difference is google doesn’t advertise itself as a privacy advocate so when someone use all these google services they don’t really care about the collected data, on the other hand, the userbase of mullvad will have that false sense of security and privacy while putting more and more trust in Mullvad, it’s just a matter of time until some bad news drops.

by AHOHA 3y ago

Mullvad VPN, Mullvad browser, Mullvad search engine.. never ever put all your eggs in one basket, so much data and meta data can be collected and cross referenced to your ID.

piaste 3y ago

It's a bit more nuanced. Let's keep it simple and say you produce 3 data sets when browsing and clicking on results: search queries, DNS queries, HTTPS queries. If it takes a correlation of the 3 datasets to identify you, then it is better to use 3 different providers. However, if any one of those datasets is sufficient to ID you, then it is better to choose a single provider.

AHOHA 3y ago
Unfortunately it isn’t that simple, from the moment your device connect to the wifi for example, every sigle information/packet/etc. shared or stored can be used to identify you, the more you share, the more can be collected to identify you. Now VPN alone by concept isn’t meant for privacy as you always have to trust the unregulated provider (contrary to your ISP for example), when all your data is tunneled through their servers, that’s a lone is big risk based on a trust only, however, and due to the nature of these shared IP vpns, sometimes maybe (keyword maybe) it’s challenging to pinpoint a specific client, and here comes the others, a browser that can have unique fingerprint, and now search queries that can add an extra source of information to further pinpoint you, especially as others mentioned below that you still need to enter your VPN code to use that search engine.. I haven’t tried it yet to give my personal experience as I stopped using mullvad, but if I did I will update this post further.

hammock 3y ago

Google DNS, Google Chrome, Google search...

AHOHA 3y ago
Exactly, it’s never a good idea to do that, the only difference is google doesn’t advertise itself as a privacy advocate so when someone use all these google services they don’t really care about the collected data, on the other hand, the userbase of mullvad will have that false sense of security and privacy while putting more and more trust in Mullvad, it’s just a matter of time until some bad news drops.