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    Microsoft now offering 15GB free data instead of just 1GB through Edge VPN on Canary

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    Back in April this year, traces of an integrated VPN (Virtual Private Network) dubbed "Secure Network" were spotted in Microsoft Edge, which is being powered by Cloudflare. A month later, the Redmond company officially made its announcement adding some more details about the new feature. In September, the Microsoft Edge Secure Network Preview service finally went live in the Canary channel. However, it has been a controlled rollout, so not everyone is being offered the feature, but those that were offered it were able to enjoy 1GB of free VPN data.

     

    Fast forward to today, and the latest version of Edge Canary, v110.0.1563.0, has a major overhaul as the previous 1GB cap in the Edge Secure Network feature has now been removed and has been raised to offer 15 times more free data at 15GB. Reddit user and Edge enthusiast Leopeva64-2 noticed this change in the latest release, and it is indeed a big one.

     

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    To test Secure Network, download Microsoft Edge Canary from the official website and sign in with your Microsoft Account (MSA). Note that using Secure Network during the preview period requires the MSA in order for keeping track of the data usage. It can be enabled inside the "Privacy, search, and services" menu in Settings.

     

    Of course, this is still a preview feature in testing, so it is anyones guess whether it will reach the final Stable Channel build. And if it does, Edge could become an enticing browser choice for those that enjoy browsing anonymously via VPN, but don't want to pay for it.

     

    Source: Leopeva64-2 (Reddit)

     

     

    Microsoft now offering 15GB free data instead of just 1GB through Edge VPN on Canary

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    Cloudflare should offer WARP instead of VPN, in Edge. WARP is free and only WARP+ is paid 

     

    the only difference is that the Cloudflare VPN in Edge changes your country slightly, I say slightly because it chooses a location near you, so if you are in EU, it won't choose a US server.

    but WARP/WARP+ secures and encrypts your connection just like VPN, without changing your IP address.

     

    So, the only use case I see for Cloudflare VPN in Edge is when users want to change their country/IP address. other than that, in order to secure your connection, better use WARP client on OS to secure everything and not just browser. plus, it uses WireGuard protocol, the best there is now.

     

    I'm very glad though that Microsoft didn't partner with some shady VPN provider like hotspot shield, hidemya** or things like that. Cloudflare is good. but Microsoft has the capacity and network, bigger than Cloudflare, so I wonder why they didn't set up VPN network and offer it in Edge. why outsource it and use 3rd party.

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