mullvad-browser

Privacy-focused browser for Linux, macOS and Windows. Made in collaboration between @torproject and @mullvad

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Privacy-focused browser for Linux, macOS and Windows. Made in collaboration between @torproject and @mullvad

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2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	5
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2025	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2026 (partial)	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

What Hacker News says

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godelski·Sep 25, 2025

> Helium is based on Chromium > Best privacy by default Sorry, pass... Even with un-googled Chromium I do not think these statements are self-consistent. We need browsers that do not allow Google to control the ecosystem. We need legitimate competition. So what, our choices are Firefox (Gecko), Safari (WebKit), and Ladybird? Personally I go with Firefox on most devices and Orion (WebKit) on my iPhone and iPad. > Helium anonymizes all internal requests to the Chrome Web Store via Helium services. This seems like something pretty easy to mess up. Maybe it is good now, but it sure is going to be a cat and mouse game. I really would be curious to have some breakdown comparison with something like the Mullvad browser (Gecko). I have a lot of trust for both the Mullvad and Tor teams. They have a much longer history working with this kind

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of stuff and have been consistently updating it since release. Launched in early 2023[0] and last update was last week[1]. [0] The Mullvad Browser (mullvad.net) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35421034 [0.5] Mullvad Browser (torproject.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37159744 [1] https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser

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