VPNs and privacy browsers

Traffic-level privacy: DNS off the ISP, IP off the site, sometimes the browser as well.

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Brave

Brave Software

A Chromium fork with tracker blocking on by default, a bundled VPN, and a crypto sidecar you can mostly ignore.

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IVPN

IVPN Limited

A small Gibraltar-based provider that took the ethical high road and never quite got the marketing budget to match.

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Mullvad VPN

Mullvad AB

A minimalist Swedish VPN that treats you as an account number and takes cash in the post.

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Mullvad Browser

Mullvad + Tor Project

The Tor Browser without Tor — a hardened, anti-fingerprint Firefox meant to sit behind any decent VPN.

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Proton VPN

Proton AG

The Swiss all-rounder that pairs a genuine free tier with a paid stack most households can actually live inside.

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