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Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

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Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

#11
I already use Thunderbird with the ProtonMail bridge and ProtonVPN on my phone and computers (combined with my self rolled VPNs).

I would welcome FireFox into the mix, they'd do quite well together -- plus maybe they can make the bridge unnecessary (which IMO is the most annoying part of ProtonMail).

Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

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post #5

> Firefox Send allows you to share large files securely (but not store them). The caveat being that you need to have a Firefox account to use all of the above ... There's no requirement for a Firefox account, for Send. And it works well via Tor, with no CAPTCHA bullshit.

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Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

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post #13

As an aside, Firefox for Android is great for power users because it has extensions. It's much closer to feature-parity with desktop browsers than Chrome is, and offers more significant advantages over Chrome on Android than desktop as a result.

Yes! Firefox for Android is one of the primary reasons I haven't switched to an iPhone.

(There is a Firefox for iOS, but it's basically a skin on Safari because of Apple's restrictions.)

Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

#16

It'd be interesting to see 'super private browsing mode' which has Tor integration be shipped with Firefox. Making Tor easier to use and more accessible for normal people is a huge win for privacy.

I know it isn't Firefox, but Brave is a Chromium-based browser that has Tor built-in with their 'Private Tabs'. It is a really nice privacy focused browser. Everything good about Chrome, without everything bad about Google.

Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

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post #4

Isn’t this what Opera already does for free?

Opera just got bought out by some chinese company. It's for you to choose whether that is or is not a concern for you, but I personally am uncomfortable with such a company as my VPN, particularly I can add it to the server which I already keep for miscellaneous uses.

Re: Mozilla and Firefox could be about to change the VPN and privacy market

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I wish Mozilla would get into the email service market. I could really go for a reasonably-priced, ad-free, Gmail-sized, bring-your-own-domain email service.

... thunderbird?

(I'm aware they're no longer maintaining it(?) but it's posed as a genuine option.)

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