Mullvad Browser
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How to install Mullvad Browser in Kicksecure.
Documentation for this is incomplete. Contributions are happily considered! See this for potential alternatives.
Introduction
[edit]The Mullvad Browser Downloader (by Kicksecure developers) is similar to the Tor Browser Downloader (by Whonix developers) which is documented on the Whonix's Tor Browser
wiki page.
Installation
[edit]Two options.
- A) Via browser-choice.
- B) Manually. Unspecific to Kicksecure.
- C) Using tb-updater. See instructions below.
1. Download the Mullvad Browser Downloader by Kicksecure developers.
Install package(s) tb-updater tb-starter following these instructions
1 Platform specific notice.
- Kicksecure: No special notice.
- Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.
2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
3 Install the tb-updater tb-starter package(s).
Using apt command line --no-install-recommends option is in most cases optional.
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends tb-updater tb-starter
4 Platform specific notice.
- Kicksecure: No special notice.
- Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.
5 Done.
The procedure of installing package(s) tb-updater tb-starter is complete.
2. Run the Mullvad Browser Downloader.
update-mullvadbrowser
3. Done.
Installation is complete.
Add a Mullvad Browser Start Menu Entry
[edit]Only useful if installing Mullvad Browser using Mullvad Browser Downloader by Kicksecure developers.
Perform the following steps to create a mullvadbrowser start menu entry; this procedure is optional.
Untested.
Inside Kicksecure (Kicksecure-Qubes: kicksecure App Qube).
1. Create folder ~/.local/share/applications.
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
2. Open file ~/.local/share/applications/mullvadbrowser.desktop in an editor as a regular, non-root user.
mousepad ~/.local/share/applications/mullvadbrowser.desktop
3. Paste the following contents.
[Desktop Entry] Name=mullvadbrowser Comment=mullvadbrowser Exec=mullvadbrowser Terminal=false Type=Application
4. Save.
5. Kicksecure-Qubes: perform platform-specific steps.
In dom0, refresh Qubes' appmenu: VM settings → Applications → Refresh Applications → Add desktop shortcut.
6. Done.
The mullvadbrowser start menu entry should now be available.
Start
[edit]mullvadbrowser
Mullvad VPN
[edit]To the knowledge of the author written in February 2024...
One might make the assumption that a browser developed a VPN provider's, uses the VPN provider's VPN by default. Therefore one might assume that Mullvad Browser (MB) uses Mullvad VPN by default.
- Does MB use Mullvad VPN by default? No.
- Does MB Firefox extension allow to enable Mullvad VPN directly inside Firefox or MB? No.
- What is the purpose of MB Firefox extension? It shows the status if Mullvad VPN is in use or not. It also comes with a fail-closed mechanism. If enabled, when using Mullvad VPN system wide (through the usual means of enabling a VPN without using any specific browser) then it will make sure that the browser cannot generate non-VPN traffic.
Please ask Mullvad for clarification, not Kicksecure. Please edit the wiki should this information be incorrect or outdated.
Upstream bug report:
Discussions
[edit]- Kicksecure GitHub tb-updater repository subpath
- Kicksecure GitHub tb-updater repository subpath
- https://forums.kicksecure.com/t/tor-project-is-resurrecting-secbrowser-as-mullvad-browser/101/11
- MB as a Kicksecure Default Browser? No. This is a declined feature request. For reasons, see chapter Mullvad Browser as Kicksecure Default Browser?.
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