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Mullvad exit IPs as a fingerprinting vector (tmctmt.com)
submitted 6 days ago by AngelikaMerkel@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Def an interesting read.

The end bit for folks here:

Protecting yourself

Avoid switching servers more than once per pubkey (every 1-30days)
Force rotate your pubkey by logging out of the Mullvad app
[–] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Thanks. I hate it. Do we know if mullvad is doing anything to fix this?

[–] jackintosh@feddit.nl 2 points 5 days ago

I found I hit IP blocks on Cloudflare more with ProtonVPN than I did on Mullvad, however Mullvad is not immune, I do get a lot of reCaptcha prompts though!

[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

This is interesting