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Mullvad DNS for Linux and Firefox settings (self.privacy)

submitted 1 month ago by intro to c/[email protected]

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I used Mullvad's guide to change the DNS in Linux Mint and it worked. But I have a question about Firefox's DNS over HTTPS settings. Can I turn it to off now that the whole operating system uses the Mullvad DNS?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You mean firefox or the mullvad app? Took me a hot minute to figure out why things aren't working as expected when setting up adguardhome, turned out the mullvad app was hijacking /etc/resolv.conf to inject mullvad nameservers