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Why use TOR instead of Mullvad browser + Mullvad VPN?

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] June 6, 2026
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Mullvad recently added a randomization feature to their browser extension so every site gets a different IP address, similar to how the Tor browser does it. It was just added and there’s no way to refresh the connection, so I hope they add that. Mullvad is a great middle ground for most people who want to avoid tracking while maintaining more convenience, but it’s a trusted setup. That’s one big difference with a VPN and Tor–VPNs require trust and Tor doesn’t. I will say don’t overestimate how many users of Mullvad there are and how big the crowd is. How many people use a VPN? And how many of those VPN use Mullvad? I would assume it’s a very small percentage. It’s not hard to figure out if an IP is Mullvad, iirc they make it all public, but don’t quote me on that. I mean, you could easily check on am.i.mullvad.net. A website could probably guess it’s the same user if they don’t get much Mullvad traffic. Obviously that’s different from them figuring out your identity, but once they identified your sessions, they could target you with various attacks.

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