The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/kevinv63 on 2024-11-07 05:26:41.
My question is at the end of my message here.
Background: I'm coming from a different VPN provider. With my existing VPN provider, one of my less-than-pleasant experiences is that many web sites do not function well with the VPN. I originally set up my existing VPN provider on my router, and experienced that the desktop machines connected through my router VPN would have trouble accessing web sites. So I shifted the VPN client to the individual desktop machine. After further experiencing a number of web sites that don't play well with the VPN, I use split tunneling, and have two different web browsers - my "VPN-enabled" browser and my "VPN-disabled" web browser.
I have now learned that Tor browser can accomplish a lot of what I'm trying to achieve.
What I'm trying to achieve: I'm looking to improve my privacy & anonymity, and have a pleasant "user experience".
Learning from Mullvad's web site:
For the best privacy, use Tor
For second best privacy, use Mullvad VPN + Mullvad browser.
There is also DNS over HTTPS and TLS.
What I see is that Mullvad provides a number of products and/or cooperates with Tor.
From the experience with my existing VPN provider, I'm expecting that if I were to use Mullvad's offerings, I might still break up my apps and web sites into buckets.
Buckets example:
- Sites/apps for which I have registered accounts/identification
- Anonymous sites/apps that work with Tor nicely
- Anonymous sites/apps that work with Tor poorly
- Anonymous sites/apps that work with VPN nicely
- Anonymous sites/apps that work with VPN poorly
Q. Does separating my apps/services into buckets such as the above example make sense with Mullvad's offerings? Can Mullvad suggest/describe such buckets, and how to configure Mullvad (and/or third-party) products/services accordingly?