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IronFox is presented in community posts as a hardened, privacy-oriented fork of Mull/Firefox that emphasizes fingerprinting resistance and extra hardening on Android . Available community commentary c...
Mullvad publicly and repeatedly states it keeps no activity logs and uses anonymous account numbers instead of emails; its policies state “we do not keep activity logs of any kind” and the site emphas...
In 2025 independent testing and specialist guides repeatedly identify Tor, Brave, and Firefox (and Firefox forks like LibreWolf) as the strongest mainstream options for fingerprint and tracker resista...
Mullvad publicly and repeatedly states it “does not keep activity logs of any kind,” including IP addresses, DNS requests, connection timestamps, browsing activity, bandwidth, and session duration . I...
Several major VPN providers publish either warrant canaries, transparency reports that list law-enforcement or government data requests, or both. Examples documented in the available reporting include...
Encrypted DNS via DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) is widely supported by major public resolvers—Cloudflare, Google, NextDNS and others—but encryption alone does not remove the client's IP ...
Swedish law changed the temporary Covert Surveillance of Data Act (2020:62) so that, as Mullvad reports, covert surveillance powers that can access data on devices could apply indefinitely from 1 Apri...
Mullvad does not publish a routine transparency report and has told journalists it has no plans to start one because it says it holds no user data to disclose; critics and reviewers say a report would...
Brave, Tor/Mullvad-derived browsers, and Firefox (including forks like LibreWolf) are the most-cited 2025 choices for strongest tracker and fingerprinting protection; tests such as EFF’s Cover Your Tr...
Mullvad does not use a warrant canary and does not publish a transparency report of law‑enforcement requests, according to PCMag’s 2024 review . Mullvad publicly described a 2023 Swedish police search...
In 2025, mainstream private modes differ mainly by what they block (third‑party cookies, known trackers, fingerprinting scripts) and how—list‑based blocking and isolation (Firefox ETP) versus aggressi...
Court records and reporting show multiple VPN providers have had their no-logs claims tested in court and by law enforcement; Private Internet Access (PIA) was subpoenaed in 2016/2017 and could not pr...
The consensus among 2025 reviews: Brave and Tor remain top picks for different privacy goals — Brave for fast, built-in tracker-blocking and private search options, Tor for strong anonymity at the cos...
Top privacy browsers frequently named as not storing search history include , , , and several hardened Firefox forks (e.g., LibreWolf/Mullvad). Vendors and reviews agree that some browsers intentional...
Mullvad publishes technical audits, system-transparency papers and detailed infrastructure notes (including which nodes are owned or rented), but it does not publish regular transparency reports or a ...
Mullvad does not publish a conventional transparency report and has said it has no plans to do so; reviewers note Mullvad cites lack of verifiable user data as the reason . Proton VPN publishes regula...
Swedish law does not uniformly force all ISPs to keep detailed browsing histories, and several major Swedish ISPs have publicly refused to retain user browsing logs in the past . At the same time, com...
A small group of mainstream VPNs have published independent audits that specifically examine and verify elements of their no‑logs claims — prominent names include NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Proton VPN, Surf...
There are multiple practical alternatives to Tor for reducing DNS leaks — most guides and vendors recommend using a reputable VPN with built‑in DNS‑leak protection, encrypted DNS (DoH/DoT), or privacy...
Mullvad is widely described by reviewers as a privacy-first VPN with a strict no-logs stance, RAM-only servers, and simple pricing — typically €5/month — that appeals to anonymity-focused users . Revi...