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Re:DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android by snowwrestler on Saturday May 04, 2024 @11:17AM (#40258290)
My concern with the Mullvad ads is that some are essentially lying about what their product does. One of the ads I recall said something like:

> Imagine an ad that won’t track you after you see it

> Mullvad VPN

That’s not what a VPN does though. Tunneling my browsing does not stop sites from serving ads, setting cookies, fingerprinting browsers, etc.

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Re:DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android by xnyan on Saturday May 04, 2024 @02:11PM (#40259292)
> That’s not what a VPN does though.

Mullvad itself is extremely clear that use of a VPN alone is not enough for the reasons you stated. Mullvad VPN (which is what they advertised) is a suite of products and services, some of which are:

- DNS services (ads, tracking)

- A privacy-optimized browser (cookies, fingerprinting)

- Network services like multihop routing (many benefits such as resistance to timing attacks)

All of these services are included with your subscription at no additional cost. I feel like the claim of preventing ad tracking is as legitimate as it could possibly be.

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