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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 1 week ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data, which is pretty generous for a browser-based VPN. A Mozilla account is required to make use of it, which isn’t a hardship (they’re free), but is a point of friction some may wish to know upfront.

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They also know it's you when you don't use it. I'm not sure how is it worse? Seems like a handy way to go around geoblocks.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People's conception of what VPN actually does is skewed by shady ads. Now they hear VPN and assume it's suppose to be this unbreakable anonymizer that somehow also secures you from some unspecified dangers.

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

every fucking youtuber is sponsored with those ads i hate this timeline

its better than betterhelp i guess

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

A VPN to me is a way to prevent my ISP from seeing I torrent and to go around geoblocks. It's not a privacy tool at all. So yeah, I'm evaluating them from that angle.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Uhm, what? Maybe my ISP knows, but they are regulated (at least here). But VPN is a virtual direct-line to another server.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Another server that belongs to the same company as your browser, so they have an access to both ends of the direct line. If you don't trust Mozilla to be thrustworthy vpn server (which is good, shouldn't trust anyone), bad news, they already have an access to your whole traffic because they own your browser

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

But unlike the VPN server, the browser is on my end and i can make sure it doesn't rat me out. Coincidentally, my policies.json over the years was almost the same as Waterfox'.