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Mozilla Is Reportedly Going To Sell VPN Subscriptions Within Firefox (trustedreviews.com)
Mozilla is reportedly preparing to offer a VPN service for Firefox users to help protect them when surfing the web. According to Trusted Reviews, Mozilla has partnered with the ProtonVPN service, "with a new notification piping-up when the browser detects an unsecured connection, or in a scenario when VPN might be preferable to users." From the report: However, it appears Firefox users will have to pay for the privilege. Austrian site Soeren-hentzschel reports the premium VPN service will be $10 a month, which is what ProtonVPN charges its users. Users will receive a "Firefox Recommends" pop-up when browsing an unsecured wireless network. The pop-up says the VPN service will provide a "private and secure' internet connection. According to the reports, a subset of Firefox 62 users in the United States will begin receiving the pop-up from today. Mozilla will reportedly get a cut of any subscription fee handed over by users to access the VPN service. MSPowerUser points out that this will be the first advertised service that costs money for Firefox users.
How do I disable this popup?
But they can keep their overpriced VPN ads to themselves.
Also, ProtonVPN charges their customers $8/month, so the summary is wrong.
That supposedly kept no logs? https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-uses-protonmail-vpn-hacker-ddoses-protonmail-hacker-gets-arrested/
as long as they put a checkbox in that popup to 'never show this again', i'm OK with it.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Probably not even going to happen, but if so I will also be tweaking about:config to turn it off , even though it would only appear if I browsed an unsecured wireless network, which I never do. Firefox is still the best browser overall and they have to try and earn some money somehow. Pale Moon? Really?
shin phantomflanflinger
In the summary it says it will show up if it detects you connecting to insecure wireless networks. So you won't even see the ad on your home or work machines. Mostly just laptops if you take them to to the local coffee shop.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Why would people use VPN with a web browser which is leaking tons of information and makes your fingerprint totally unique even if you're browsing in incognito mode? Changing your IP address in this case is simply futile and inconsequential.
Maybe for Netflix/Hulu? But they've long implemented technical measures which makes using them via VPN impossible. I can only think of pr0n/shady websites you don't want your ISP to know about but that's less than 0.1% of people in the world. And those will most likely use Tor browser with VPN.
You trust a Chinese-owned browser to provide you with a free "VPN"? Are you serious?
#DeleteFacebook
Except for the fact you get this stupid "News Feed" that brings you every clickbaty article on boot up that you cannot disable.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
My small and collaborative ISP offers a VPN to its subscribers, that I have to activate and deactivate by hand.
It would be very nice if Mozilla's detection mechanism allowed autoconnecting through *my* VPN, not just the recommended one... (Even if the recommended is preset by default, which would allow some revenue to Moz...)
Herve S.
I'd rather the Chinese collect my browsing habits than Uncle Sam.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
Yeah there are a lot of free FPNs out there so $8 a month seems outrageous. Thos people offering the free ones must be losing a lot of money if it really costs $8 a month. I wonder how they can afford it.
When you consider WHY you even want a VPN, then paying for it can seem like a good idea.
But if you actually are trying to protect yourself from various attacks, people scavenging your browsing patterns, targeted ads linked to your IP, hinkey wifi eavesdropping, certain types of man-in-the-middle attacks or people snooping your messages then a trustworthy VPN seems like a good idea
But how do you know which one is trustworthy. You might guess from the price. But an endorsement from firefox, and a well known name like proton is probably the best you can do yourself to find a good one.
If all you are trying to do is violate your employers security firewall blocking you from shopping online during work then a free VPN is a great deal.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
I'd rather the Chinese collect my browsing habits than Uncle Sam.
Said no one from Falun Gong ever.
Click the gear in the upper right corner of that page. Unselect anything you don't want to appear. Viola! Disabled.