The Mullvad Blog

Keep up to date on developments at Mullvad. News related to our app, security updates, job posts – find it all here.

Mullvad Privacy Companion is now open source

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Mullvad Privacy Companion, a free Firefox extension helping to improve your online privacy – is now open source. Read more

Adding another layer: Malware DNS blocking

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DNS blocking has become a well received addition to our service, particularly via our app. Today we announce an expansion of this service with malware blocking. Read more

WireGuard multihop now easily available in the app

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To further increase your privacy and make your traffic harder to analyze, you can now route all your traffic through two servers instead of just one, directly in our desktop app, version 2022.1 and newer. Read more

macOS now reconnects instantly after being in sleep mode

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Your Mac should no longer be stuck offline for a while every time it wakes up from sleep or when trying to connect to a new network. Read more

Use filtering to show your preferred hosting providers

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Looking for more control over your choice of servers? Try filtering the server location list by hosting provider, available in the desktop version of the Mullvad VPN app. Read more

Test our new browser privacy tool: Mullvad Privacy Companion Beta

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Today we release a new tool to help anyone along on their privacy journey. Try the free Mullvad Privacy Companion Beta extension for Firefox desktop. Read more

Foundations of secure split tunneling

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Congrats, you crossed the finish line of our split tunneling series! We wrap up with Part 5 and explain the key attributes that informed our secure design and invite you to build upon it. Read more

Can split tunneling be leaking traffic?

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As we near the end of our split tunneling series, we look under the hood in Part 4 to examine where leaks tend to occur in split tunneling solutions. Read more

The limitations of split tunneling

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You’ve made it to the halfway point of our split tunneling series! In Part 3, get a little technical as we inspect some limitations of our split tunneling implementation and how to work around them. Read more

When is split tunneling useful?

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Go off-roading in Part 2 of our split tunneling series to explore why you might want to use the feature for gaming, banking, and streaming services – and how to use it on Mullvad VPN. Read more