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Web Browsing: trurl, Tor, Arti, and WordPress (UPDATED)


Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 04, 2023,

updated Apr 05, 2023


Security Leftovers

Programming Leftovers



trurl manipulates URLs


↺ trurl manipulates URLs


> URLs are tricky to parse and there are numerous security problems in software because of this. trurl wants to help soften this problem by taking away the need for script and command line authors everywhere to re-invent the wheel over and over.


> trurl uses libcurl’s URL parser and will thus parse and understand URLs exactly the same as curl the command line tool does – making it the perfect companion tool.


> I created trurl on March 31, 2023.



Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project Team Up to Release the Mullvad Browser.


↺ Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project Team Up to Release the Mullvad Browser.


> Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project today present the release of the Mullvad Browser, a privacy-focused web browser designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network.


> “We want to free the internet from mass surveillance and a VPN alone is not enough to achieve privacy. From our perspective there has been a gap in the market for those who want to run a privacy-focused browser as good as the Tor Project’s but with a VPN instead of the Tor Network," says Jan Jonsson, CEO at Mullvad VPN.



We've Teamed Up With Mullvad VPN to Launch the Mullvad Browser


↺ We've Teamed Up With Mullvad VPN to Launch the Mullvad Browser


> Today we announced the launch of the Mullvad Browser, a browser built by the Tor Project team and distributed by Mullvad.


> Mullvad and the Tor Project have been part of the same community that is dedicated to developing technology that prioritizes protecting people's right to privacy for many years now. Mullvad contributes to the Tor Project at the highest level of membership, Shallot, and were a founding member of the Tor Project's Membership Program. They approached us to help them develop their browser because they wanted to leverage our expertise to create a product that is built on the same principles and with similar safety levels as the Tor Browser -- but that works independently of the Tor network. The result is the Mullvad Browser, a free, privacy-preserving web browser to challenge the all-too-prevalent business model of exploiting people's data for profit.



Arti 1.1.3 is released: More onion service development


↺ Arti 1.1.3 is released: More onion service development


> Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we're announcing the latest release, Arti 1.1.3.


> Our primary focus remains: preparation for onion service support in Arti. We can now parse all of the relevant message types, build circuits as needed to target relays, build and sign onion service descriptors, and deliver onion service requests to our hsclient code.



7 Open-source Free Web Analytics Extensions for WordPress


↺ 7 Open-source Free Web Analytics Extensions for WordPress


> If you run a WordPress website, it's important to track your site visitors and analyze their behavior. This information can help you optimize your site performance, improve your marketing strategy, and ultimately increase your conversions. One way to do this is by using WordPress statistics plugins. In this blog post,


UPDATE


Another one:


Tor and VPN provider Mullvad collaborate on privacy-focused browser


↺ Tor and VPN provider Mullvad collaborate on privacy-focused browser


> The Tor Project Inc., the nonprofit team behind the anonymity-protecting Tor Browser, and commercial virtual private network provider Mullvad VPN AB have teamed up to launch the privacy-preserving Mullvad Browser.


CNET (spam site):


New Privacy-Focused Browser Aims to Fight Data Tracking - CNET


↺ New Privacy-Focused Browser Aims to Fight Data Tracking - CNET


> On Monday, the Tor Project and Mullvad VPN, two organizations focused on user privacy, released a new privacy-focused web browser called Mullvad Browser. The browser is free to download and works on Windows, MacOS and Linux. There's also a Firefox extension in beta you can download.


> "The mass surveillance of today is absurd," Jan Jonsson, Mullvad VPN's CEO, said in a news release. "The Mullvad Browser is all about providing more privacy alternatives to reach as many people as possible and make life harder for those who collect data from you."


It's FOSS:


Mullvad VPN and Tor Project Unite to Create a New Browser - It's FOSS News


↺ Mullvad VPN and Tor Project Unite to Create a New Browser - It's FOSS News


Also identical from CNET again:


New Privacy-Focused Browser Aims to Protect Your Data Online


↺ New Privacy-Focused Browser Aims to Protect Your Data Online


> The Tor Project and Mullvad VPN, two organizations that are all about user privacy, released a new privacy-focused web browser, called Mullvad Browser, on Monday. The browser is free to download and works on Windows, MacOS and Linux. There's also a Firefox extension in beta you can download.


> "The mass surveillance of today is absurd," Jan Jonsson, Mullvad VPN's CEO, said in a news release. "The Mullvad Browser is all about providing more privacy alternatives to reach as many people as possible and make life harder for those who collect data from you."




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