Flatsonar

Mullvad Browser

by Mullvad VPN AB

Free the internet from mass surveillance

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed MPL-2.0 v15.0.23
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About

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s designed to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. You could say it’s a Tor Browser to use without the Tor Network. Instead, you can use it with a trustworthy VPN. The idea is to provide one more alternative – beside the Tor Network – to browse the internet with more privacy. To get as many people as possible to fight the big data gathering of today. To free the internet from mass surveillance.

Permissions

7 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • smart card readers
    --socket=pcsc
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • network configuration
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1
  • session management (logout, suspend)
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.timedate1
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.timedate1
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • printing
    --socket=cups
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download:create
  • talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver
  • talks to org.gnome.Mutter.IdleMonitor
    --talk-name=org.gnome.Mutter.IdleMonitor
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.firefox.*
  • owns bus name org.mozilla.mullvadbrowser.*
    --own-name=org.mozilla.mullvadbrowser.*
  • battery status
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.UPower

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source
    source:prebuilt
  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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