About changing settings in Mullvad Browser

[anon86552080]

Hey everyone,
From what I read on the internet, it’s not recommended to change any settings in Mullvad Browser.
But I still have a few questions about some settings and best practices when using the browser.

Is it considered ok to change the home page to a blank page ?

Is it ok to import bookmarks? As I’ve heard of some techniques that allow fingerprinting through bookmarks favicons.

And what about setting bookmarks toolbar to view always ?

Also, What is the recommended level of security to use as default ? Standard / Safer / Safest ? Should I even change it?

[redoomed1]

@anon86552080

What is the recommended level of security to use as default ? Standard / Safer / Safest ?

Tor browser in standard/safer/safest mode. Which one to use

Most people will find Safest too cumbersome and end up simply not using the browser at all or sticking with Standard. I really strongly suggest people instead just use Safer, and I wish it would be the default.

[anon73250778]

You can change some settings but IIRC it is the addition of addons that causes some fingerprinting issues, not necessariluly changnig settings per se.

[anon80779245]

Bookmarks are not a concern

[ruihildt]

@anon86552080

Is it considered ok to change the home page to a blank page ?

Yes, it’s perfectly safe.

@anon86552080

And what about setting bookmarks toolbar to view always ?

Yes, your page content size is protected by the letterboxing.

@anon86552080

Also, What is the recommended level of security to use as default ? Standard / Safer / Safest ? Should I even change it?

You should keep Standard, only use another setting if you know what you’re doing. (I personally consider security levels to be a flawed approach, since it’s very hard to understand when to use or not, and what is the impact in terms of fingerprinting; security and privacy are not the same thing)