# Will disabling smooth mouse scrolling in Mullvad Browser make me stand out?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/will-disabling-smooth-mouse-scrolling-in-mullvad-browser-make-me-stand-out/32290
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2025-10-23T16:21:49Z
**Posts:** 8
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## Post 3 by @anonymous457 — 2025-10-24T06:38:26Z

> [@anon57862721](#):
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> Don’t mess with any Mullvad browser settings - is the standard recommendation for a reason.

This is good general advice for both Mullvad and Tor Browser, but the question is specifically of technical matter.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that only settings which affect the webpage impacts fingerprinting.[[1]](#footnote-117698-1) Firstly, can anyone confirm whether that is true or not? I assume it is true since it was marked as a solution to the post and was written by a trustworthy user.

Secondly (assuming the source is true), the question would therefore be whether or not `general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel` affects what gets loaded on the webpage.

> [@anon57862721](#):
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> Yes, that can be a fingerprint.

I might be wrong, but I don’t see how the type of scrolling would affect the webpage. Can you explain why it would be a fingerprint?

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1. [Fingerprinting question for Mullvad Browser - #4 by jonah](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/fingerprinting-question-for-mullvad-browser/19364/4) [↩︎](#footnote-ref-117698-1)

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