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Mullvad exit IPs as a fingerprinting vector

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] May 15, 2026
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Huh? How is this a problem?

There is no information to be gained here except some relational information between exit servers.

I can maybe see this being a potential problem for you if you:

  1. Use the same online identifier switching between multiple Mullvad servers (which you probably should not do), and
  2. Also use switching VPN servers as a way to compartmentalize different identities (which you should not do)

Even still, practically speaking this is not going to create a unique deanonymizing fingerprint because people are still sharing IP addresses.

This is not going to impact anyone except people who vastly overestimate how much anonymity a VPN provides you with. Why are you switching servers so excessively in a 30 day period anyways?

It’s commendable that Mullvad will improve this behavior anyways, but this is not a serious concern.

Everyone I’ve seen making a big deal about this on social media platforms feels like a fed to me tbh, for example,

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