Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

Post by Kukumber » Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 3:51 PM UTC

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #15

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> Mozilla has partnered with Mullvad in order to utilize our global network of VPN servers for its own VPN application, Mozilla VPN, since July 2019. Mozilla uses Mullvad VPN, they built their VPN Client application using wireguard Therefore, it's a VPN Client, not "their VPN", VPN = virtual private network, it's not their "network" Chrome Browser = VPN Client Google Services = VPN Brave made a browser using chromium…

You must be fun at parties.

Post by Kukumber » Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #22

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Will that help us have fun on the moon? or should it be someone else?

No idea what that's supposed to mean but I'm sure it was very clever.

Post by wtmt » Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

Post by everfrustrated » Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #16

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for mozilla neither, for mullvad probably good, i think many trust the mozilla brand more than mullvad mullvad is an average vpn provider also its important to note, that many question that VPNs provide any security at all , i think for 7 dollars you pay their email relay and phone masking seem like the more interesting feature and value

> mullvad is an average vpn provider I was under the impression that mullvad was best-in-breed. A lot of bad VPN companies running around these days and Mullvad is a clear HN favorite.

Post by iceburgcrm » Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

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wintermutestwin wrote: post #13

When the topic of VPN comes up, there are often posts which criticize the use of a VPN for the use case of privacy. These posts are often absolutist in nature and fail to address specific threat models. Of course a VPN isn't going to protect your privacy from state level actors - I doubt that it is possible anyway. Why I use a VPN: 1. I don't want many of the sites I browse to know my IP. 2. My US ISP corrupted my go…

All of this can be achieved through a person VPN rather than a commercial subscription one by ssh -D whateverPort user@ip_address and setting up a SOCKS proxy in Firefox on that same port. >there are often posts which criticize the use of a VPN Often they specifically critique the likes of NordVPN etc. The off the shelf solutions rather than personally setup VPNs. What disgusts me is that they charge fees that are mu…