Mozilla Just Gifted You a Free VPN: Is Firefox Finally Winning?
Mozilla is rolling out a free VPN directly inside Firefox, and it is actually usable. Whether this is a desperate move to stay relevant in a world of Chrome dominance or a genuine gift to privacy nerds remains the million-dollar debate.
Starting with version 150, Firefox users can finally stop hunting for shady third-party extensions to mask their digital footprints. By tweaking a single setting—switching browser.ipProtection.enable to true in the config—a shiny new icon lands on your toolbar, acting as a built-in tunnel for your data.
This feature offers 50GB of monthly traffic, routing your connection through servers in five countries, including the US, Germany, and the UK. While the service currently defaults to the US for many, Mozilla insists it is ready for prime time rather than just a glorified beta test for their server infrastructure.
The standard free tier covers one single device, ensuring you do not get too comfortable while browsing on your phone, tablet, and desktop simultaneously. Naturally, Mozilla keeps the "real" power behind a paywall, pushing a premium subscription for those who demand more than just the basics of masking their ISP's prying eyes.
Integrating network infrastructure directly into a browser is a bold attempt to turn Firefox into an all-in-one privacy fortress. Whether this convinces people to abandon their current habits or just adds another layer of bloat to an aging codebase is the kind of question that keeps browser engineers awake at night while the rest of the world just wants to stream cat videos without being tracked.
Source: Mozilla
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