Latest Mozilla VPN features

Post by eptcyka » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 7:47 AM UTC

potency wrote: post #110

kfreds wrote: post #57

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> As far as I know, in a lot of country (like France) it is a legal obligation to keep logs and be able to identify one of your customer if the police demands it. Not for all types of services. ISPs are sometimes under obligation to log, but VPN services don't belong in that category. I can't speak for others but we have contacts with legal experts (in a few jurisdictions) that alert us to changing laws. Ultimately i…

I would love to use Mullvad, but I need split tunneling on a per-process basis (Windows), since there is the occasional website that hates VPN-based servers. I have a special browser installation I use for such occasions, but few VPN providers offer per-process VPN exceptions. Any chance Mullvad is considering this feature?

Post by Ir0nMan » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 8:08 AM UTC

jorvi wrote: post #87

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I signed up for Mozilla VPN instead of Mullvad for a two reasons: 1. It was priced in USD. 2. The price is a flat monthly $5. They don't offer discounts for longer contracts.

> 2. The price is a flat monthly $5. They don't offer discounts for longer contracts. This is something Mulvad has been doing since 2009.. https://mullvad.net/en/pricing

Post by skinkestek » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 10:03 AM UTC

acatton wrote: post #172

skinkestek wrote: post #125

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> I genuinely don't understand what is the incentive for using Mozilla VPN? Supporting browser development instead of Mozilla Foundation. This way at least they pass through the hands of the organization that does the most important work. (Nothing against the other issues but right now the browser should be their top priority and I was massively annoyed when I found that donations towards the foundation couldn't be u…

> Supporting browser development instead of Mozilla Foundation. But is it going towards Browser development though? https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html Or is it going towards executive salaries?

Post by ficklepickle » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 10:12 AM UTC

scrose wrote: post #132

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> A lot of consumers are interested in a quality VPN but wouldn't do this kind of research. In that case, they will probably use NordVPN or ProtonVPN

I used to use Mullvad, but a lot of their servers were blocked for shows my wife wanted to watch and even on Netflix. I've had much better luck with ProtonVPN for that reason.

Post by soulofmischief » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 12:16 PM UTC

lucideer wrote: post #90

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If you're using mullvad you have likely already done a lot of research on which provider you want to use. A lot of consumers are interested in a quality VPN but wouldn't do this kind of research. Mozilla provide additional eyeballs and billing support, and mullvad provides the service itself. It's a mutually beneficial transaction. They're not in competition for your money, they're targeting different demographics.

> they're targeting different demographics This is the question though: who are these demographics? I know Mozilla likely have a lot more data on this than I, but who is using Firefox / interested enough in Mozilla to read their marketing & research their VPN offerings, but is simultaneously not someone who would research VPN providers in general / use Mullvad? What is this techie/non-techie interested/not-interested…