Mullvad exit IPs as a fingerprinting vector
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
May 15, 2026
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:
- Use the same online identifier switching between multiple Mullvad servers (which you probably should not do), and
- 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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