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Posted by adrianwaj 7 hours ago

Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149(cyberinsider.com)
121 points | 73 commentspage 2
bobsmooth 6 hours ago||
Where's the money for this VPN going to come from? The ads they insert into my home page or the CEO's inflated compensation?
ars 6 hours ago||
Free VPN's are usually funded by agreeing to route some VPN traffic for other people though your own network. They basically work as mixers, randomizing traffic throughout the VPN population.

This can expose users to legal risks, but but can also add plausible deniability at the same time "it wasn't me, it was someone on VPN".

dawnerd 3 hours ago|
I’ve suspected that’s where these “ethical” (as they like to call it) residential proxy services get their access from. They’re really dodgy about it other than saying the people agree to it, which ya ok.
ChrisArchitect 6 hours ago||
Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-148-149-new-feat... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415420)
Animats 5 hours ago||
Now, from the people who brought you Pocket.

Could they please stop integrating services into Firefox? Thank you.

trhway 5 hours ago|
VPN is like SSL some time ago (and there were times when a browser would come without SSL, and you'd have to explicitly download it yourself) - it quickly becomes a basic necessity even in civilized societies, let alone say Russia, Iran and the likes.
spikewall 3 hours ago|||
So you mean I can trust an American corporation that ships its software with telemetry on by default and has a history of data-mining its users more than my standard ISP? Ladybird(alpha) cannot come soon enough.
DaSHacka 4 hours ago|||
Tunneling all my traffic through someone else's machine is not the same as encrypting the communication between me and the destination website.
Razengan 3 hours ago||
These "official" privacy features tend to end up being hollow masquerades when the providers inevitably capitulate to other corporations and authoritarian countries.

Like Apple's iCloud Private Relay not working in China, UAE/Dubai etc. or letting Facebook and TikTok secretly track you across devices and reinstalls with their iCloud Keychain API

They WILL leak our shit to the highest bidder or the biggest stick

Good53139428015 2 hours ago||
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HalawehMohann49 4 hours ago||
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Panzerschrek 5 hours ago|
> Mozilla said the free tier will initially provide 50GB of monthly data to users in the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Sadly no countries are mentioned where such VPN is really needed (due to strict internet censorship).

russelg 5 hours ago|
With Ofcom I'd say the UK falls into that group nicely.
glitchcrab 4 hours ago||
At least now I'll be able to view all those broken Imgur links here in the UK.