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Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by dx87 »

angerbot wrote: post #52

I 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.

Looking on the WireGuard site, it says that it's still a work in progress that "may contain security quirks", but they also say "already it might be regarded as the most secure, easiest to use, and simplest VPN solution in the industry." Both statements could be true, but I guess it's up to you whether or not you want to wait for a 1.0 release.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by jonplackett »

dewey wrote: post #31
jplayer01 wrote: post #19

I don't understand. Their partner is Mullvad. Mullvad has servers across the entire god damn globe. Why is this US-only? Why is it US-only going into early 2020, as in, months to provide service to non-US regions in what's probably going to be a limited roll-out to "select regions"? It's not the 90s anymore. It's time to drop the US-centric crap. They're not a publisher. They're not distributing movies or TV series.

It’s pretty normal to test features in one market and then roll it out and solve scaling issues or bugs that crop up. If you have a flawless strategy to scale and roll out a big bug free release across the globe I’m sure a lot of people would be interested in that. Just like Disney+ that started in the Netherlands months before starting in the US.

My guess is everyone on here defending US only... is in the US.

Could be wrong.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by johnnycab »

basch wrote: post #26
freedrock87 wrote: post #12

Watching Firefox sinking to essentially licensing its name like an obsolete fashion brand is sad.

It's a great idea to use Firefox like Wirecutter, as a recommendation for the best of each service type. Combine that with some thin interface over the top, like an OS, to control all the services you subscribe to with unified billing. Password leaks, manager, file sharing, bookmark sync, vpn, dns, newsfeed. Now a new person starting out on the internet doesnt need to learn about haveibeenpwned, dropbox, mullvad, clo…

>t's a great idea to use Firefox like Wirecutter

I feel we have reached peak Firefox. I have no qualms about supporting Mozilla by going with their VPN offering, even it costs a little more. I don't particularly have any objections to some of the recent features like Monitor, DoH, Sync etc. Once the rollout of their VPN product is complete, sometime next year, I would expect them to work with what they have at hand, rather than having too many balls in the air ie. instead of chasing down Chrome or integrating even more services, I hope they will concentrate on staying close to their values and committed to strengthening the core products.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by hombre_fatal »

jonplackett wrote: post #62
dewey wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s pretty normal to test features in one market and then roll it out and solve scaling issues or bugs that crop up. If you have a flawless strategy to scale and roll out a big bug free release across the globe I’m sure a lot of people would be interested in that. Just like Disney+ that started in the Netherlands months before starting in the US.

My guess is everyone on here defending US only... is in the US. Could be wrong.

I'm not in the US but "It’s pretty normal to test features in one market and then roll it out" and "Just like Disney+ that started in the Netherlands months before starting in the US" make perfect sense to me.

I get that everyone wants everything right now, but if you're not in the US, surely you still understand domestic-market roll out? Doesn't seem like it's worthy of anything more than a passing "damn, too bad."

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by swebs »

>Does Firefox Private Network log my browsing history?

>Firefox is committed to protecting your privacy. Our privacy policy describes how we handle your data. The VPN is provided in partnership with Mullvad, who is committed to not monitoring or logging your browsing or network history.

So in other words, Mullvad doesn't track you but Mozilla does. Is that interpretation correct?

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by privateprofile »

kgwxd wrote: post #23

With the pending sale of PIA to CyberGhost, I was looking for an alternative to Librem Tunnel. A lot of users on the Purism forum suggested Mullvad and it looks like this uses that. I'll definitely be trying this on Linux when it's available. It's a shame Purism picked PIA to partner with, I want to support the company but Librem Tunnel is the only feature justifying the $7.99/month Librem One fee for me and I don't…

Could you expand on why you, if I understood correctly, distrust CyberGhost?

It's getting hard to identify a trustworthy VPN provider, and CyberGhost seems to rate decently on thatoneprivacysite.net; in which, incidentally, I'm unsure whether to trust, although its VPN evaluation vectors do seem pretty appropriate and complete.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by vinylkey »

qxnqd wrote: post #67
vinylkey wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this brand dilution?

Because Firefox is a browser, not a family of products. Well, now it is, but they already had a brand for their family of products: Mozilla.

They've been pivoting the Firefox name to encompass many privacy-minded tools for a while now. I would argue that a Firefox VPN strengthens that branding.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

> Meet our family of products - Browsers

- Monitor

- Send

- Lockwise

- Pocket

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