Mozilla tests Premium VPN Service

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Mozilla will start the test of a commercial VPN offering tomorrow for a subset of users in the United States. The organization has not created its own VPN network but partnered up with the Swiss VPN provider ProtonVPN to use the established network of the provider. The test starts on October 22, 2018 in the United States for a sample of users of Firefox 62. Only some users who use Firefox 62 in the United States will be invited to participate in the test.

 

There is no surefire way to be selected for the test as criteria for selection are quite diverse. Users who connect to an Open (unencrypted) wireless network, visit privacy focused websites, or streaming sites, may see the recommendation by Firefox. The recommendation highlights the basics behind a VPN, that Mozilla selected ProtonVPN as the partner for the test, and the price of the subscription. The price of the subscription matches the price that users pay for a monthly ProtonVPN subscription when they subscribe directly on the ProtonVPN website.

It is unclear whether Firefox users will have the opportunity to pay yearly to get the $2 per month discount on the monthly price that ProtonVPN offers.

Firefox users should get access to ProtonVPN Plus when they subscribe. Details are a bit scarce but it seems that the subscription gives Firefox users access to a full VPN that they run on the system and not just in the browser. ProtonVPN's Plus plan can be run on five devices, includes all security features, and gives users access to all countries.

 

Mozilla analyzed VPN services to find the best suitable partner for the VPN offer in Firefox. The organization selected ProtonVPN for a number of reasons that include (according to Mozilla)

• Strong security practices to make sure that the provider offers excellent protection against hacking attempts.
• That the VPN service does not store or log information about the browsing of its users.
• That the VPN provider follows the same mission as Mozilla: to improve data safety and security on the Web.

 

Article Source:

• gHacks Technology News

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Interesting, they've partnered with Proton Technologies. ProtonVPN certainly is very trustworthy because these guys don't mess around when it comes to security and privacy. Which is often questionable for countless VPN providers found all over the place (especially on GooglePlay store). ProtonVPN can be used for free in a limited form (1 device with limited servers choice of USA, Netherlands and Japan), but has no limitations on traffic usage and speeds seem good so even if you don't decide to pay for it, it can work pretty good as free. Or you can just evaluate it for longer as free version before pulling a trigger on it.

 

I'm already using their mail service and it's pretty damn good, now I'm just waiting for the ProtonDrive which is still in the works. I personally don't need VPN...