just fyi opera has had a free built-in vpn for some time. works a peach.
Firefox Full-device VPN
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#52I thought WireGuard was not yet ready for primetime, why is it being used here? I've been wanting to stand up a VPN at work to make my life easier than SSH tunneling but I was waiting for a 1.0 release of WG.
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#53Mullvad vpn is very good which Firefox vpn is based on.
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#54So what is the benefit of getting this through Firefox instead of Mullvad? They want my email to sign up for the waitlist, but Mullvad requires nothing. Seems like it may even be linked to your Firefox account.
If you already use Mullvad, Firefox Private Network probably won't be an improvement for you.
However, this partnership would most likely benefit both Firefox and Mullvad. Firefox gets a stream of revenue (independent of Google) that would be used to finance development, and Mullvad acquires additional customers through the partnership who would otherwise not know about it.
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#55So, the regular price is $5.00/month, but with that incredible partnership, it's only $4.99! This is a game changer!
Mullvad actually charges €5/month, which is about $5.54. (This doesn't take into account the 10% discount if you pay with Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash.) The $4.99 rate would be a 55 cent discount over the standard rate, which matches the cryptocurrency discount and would likely help support Firefox financially. Mozilla has been trying to diversify its revenue for a long time: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/02/13/reven…
I plan to do this as I was going to use Mullvad; now I can help Firefox reduce the Google reliance at the same time? Sign me up
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#56just fyi opera has had a free built-in vpn for some time. works a peach.
Opera VPN collects user data. It's right in their policy. It's not a privacy respecting service.
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#57I'm way below the technical skill average on HN, so can I prevale upon someone to correct me? This is just a vpn right? My existing vpn is already putting all device traffic through its servers (though it would actually be nice to turn it off for some apps, as I can't order takeaway because everyone thinks I'm in Iceland). And its $5 a month, which is about what I already pay. Plus its not available except on windows…
On reputation alone, I would put Firefox/Mozilla above NordVPN if I was looking at buying a personal VPN.
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#58So do they keep access logs for law enforcement? If this is the same VPN as Mullvard that means they don't? Could someone clarify maybe?
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#59I thought WireGuard was not yet ready for primetime, why is it being used here? I've been wanting to stand up a VPN at work to make my life easier than SSH tunneling but I was waiting for a 1.0 release of WG.
WireGuard is, from what I understand, probably ready for prime-time, it simply hasn't been proven to be.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Again, I'm happy to be corrected, but I thought that affected 1 server out of 1000s? Errors will inevitably happen with any system on that scale. Will Mozilla be more forthcoming or secure? Maybe but surely 1 error per 1000 servers is a manageable known risk vs Mozilla "may be perfect or terrible"?
NordVPN was mainly criticized for how they handled the disclosure. They didn't admit to the server breach until a whistleblower revealed it publicly a year later. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/after-twi... The utility of a VPN is mainly based on trust, and NordVPN's lack of transparency in that incident is a breach of trust.
Yeah, that's shitty of them...