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mullvad / mullvad-browser

Privacy-focused browser for Linux, macOS and Windows. Made in collaboration between @torproject and @mullvad
https://mullvad.net/browser
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Can I enable persistent history? #198

Open ghost opened 10 months ago

ghost commented 10 months ago

Does enabling history saving impacts my privacy in any way?

Thorin-Oakenpants commented 10 months ago

and how would you do that? the browser is in private browsing mode and history is not retained - pretty sure it's memory only - so you would have start in normal mode and that has all sorts of issues, in which case just go use Firefox and a VPN

ghost commented 10 months ago

and how would you do that? the browser is in private browsing mode and history is not retained - pretty sure it's memory only - so you would have start in normal mode and that has all sorts of issues, in which case just go use Firefox and a VPN

VPN's are insecure by design. I won't use any VPN. I want to use Mullvad Browser + I2P. As I2P seems to be significantly faster than Tor.

Thorin-Oakenpants commented 10 months ago

in which case just go use Firefox and a VPN

the VPN was just a suggestion - or use Firefox and I2P then. None of this has anything to do with retaining history.

If you want to retain history, get a browser that is not designed to not retain history by design

ghost commented 10 months ago

@Thorin-Oakenpants Firefox by itself is not fingerprint resistant.

Thorin-Oakenpants commented 10 months ago

Firefox by itself is not fingerprint resistant.

not actually true - it has FPP and RFP options which by definition resist fingerprinting

Anyway, that's not what you asked or have even mentioned so far. You asked if you could retain history - and I'm telling you that you can only do this in normal window mode, which is not what MB uses. So go ahead - disable starting in PB mode and .. wait for it ... alter your fingerprint defeating the entire purpose of what you just added as yet another excuse to argue

the answer is yes you can retain history in MB (change settings, go ahead, I won;t be telling you how) but then you defeat the purpose of using MB

ruihildt commented 6 months ago

As long as Mullvad Browser is in Private Browsing Mode by default, this will not be possible or supported.