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Mullvad to patch VPN fingerprinting issue to stop your activity from being tracked across servers

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  • Mullvad has begun testing a fix for newly found IP fingerprinting issues
  • The company confirmed the bug does not reveal a user's true identity
  • The patch is expected to begin to be deployed in the coming weeks

Following the discovery of a minor networking vulnerability earlier this month, Mullvad has begun testing a mitigation to fix an exit IP fingerprinting issue across its server fleet.

Last Friday, May 15, the privacy-focused provider became aware that its servers were mapping exit IP addresses in a highly predictable way after a security researcher found this flaw during a security analysis. If a user jumped from one location to another, a mathematical quirk meant their sessions could be linked, compromising the anonymity of the server switch.

While this flaw never risked exposing your real IP addressor personal identity, it did allow websites to see that the same anonymous person connecting from Server...

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