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They’re in it for the money. They’ve made some claims that are downright lies, I chuckle at the idea anyone would trust them. The NYC subway ads state that th

• cjaybo 2y ago
  > They’ve made some claims that are downright lies Which claims are you referring to?
  • wepple 2y ago
    From my above post: > The NYC subway ads state that they save you from online web ad systems; blatantly false.
  • wepple 2y ago
    NYC subway, today: https://ibb.co/v3rdHcm https://ibb.co/v3rdHcm
• Rastonbury 2y ago
  What were the lies?
  • wepple 2y ago
    From my above post: > The NYC subway ads state that they save you from online web ad systems; blatantly false.
    • fooqux 2y ago
      A very cursory search online shows that it's actually your statement which is blatantly false. They've offered ad blocking for years. While it's true they've not always offered this, it's on you when making such claims to ensure you're still factual.
      • wepple 2y ago
        > They've offered ad blocking for years. Please show me evidence to back this up and I’ll happily walk back my statements. The “mullvad” browser is not their VPN product. And if you think DNS denylisting prevents “ad networks from spying on you”, I have some unfortunate news for you. It works to prevent the rendering of a subset of ads (especially in the browser), but isn’t worth a damn for actual behavioral analysis.
        • trelane 2y ago
          https://mullvad.net/en/blog/how-set-ad-blocking-our-app https://mullvad.net/en/blog/how-set-ad-blocking-our-app "How to set up ad blocking in our app" Dated May 27, 2021 I would guess it started with something like this: they serve DNS to prevent DNS leaks when using the VPN. They realize they can use this to block domains, just like a pihole or Cloudflare DNS. They integrate that into their VPN offering. It's pretty logical once you think about it, but it was a surprise to me too.
        • Rastonbury 2y ago
          It blocks almost all analytics, social pixels which likely covers 90% of the market. Between DNS blocking and uBlock, whatever behavior analysis they can do beyond that doesn't seem to work because the ads I see are entirely irrelevant
• kfreds 2y ago
  A VPN is not enough for privacy. But in combination with a privacy-focused browser, you make sure to block third-party cookies and other tracking technologies used by the data collectors. The paragraph above is clearly visible on our landing page. We don't want people using our service for things it's not designed for. The paragraph below is also a direct quote from our website. "When you visit a website, you can be identified and tracked through your IP address, third-party cookies, all kinds of tracking scripts, and through so called browser fingerprints. That’s why masking your IP address is not enough to stop the data collection. However, by using a trustworthy VPN in combination with a privacy-focused browser, you can put up a better resistance against the mass surveillance of today. That's why we partnered with the Tor Project to develop Mullvad Browser – a browser designed to minimize tracking and fingerprints."
• tredre3 2y ago
  Your knowledge might be a bit out of date, they do offer an ad-blocking DNS now. I don't know if it's easily configurable in the app, though.
  • trelane 2y ago
    > I don't know if it's easily configurable in the app, though. I just discovered it by accident the other day. It's super easy. See "DNS content blockers" at https://mullvad.net/de/help/using-mullvad-vpn-on-android#vpn-settings https://mullvad.net/de/help/using-mullvad-vpn-on-android#vpn...