Firefox Full-device VPN

#1

Post by heh » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:25 PM UTC

Firefox Full-device VPN
private-network.firefox.com

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#2

Post by atonse » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:44 PM UTC

To those who are curious (as I was), they use Wireguard and have partnered with Mullvad for the servers.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#3

Post by darau1 » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:48 PM UTC

atonse wrote: post #2

To those who are curious (as I was), they use Wireguard and have partnered with Mullvad for the servers.

Where's that mentioned?

edit: never mind

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#4

Post by commoner » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:48 PM UTC

darau1 wrote: post #3

atonse wrote: post #2

To those who are curious (as I was), they use Wireguard and have partnered with Mullvad for the servers.

Where's that mentioned? edit: never mind

> About our trusted partner

> Firefox Private Network full-device protection is a VPN built by Firefox using global WireGuard servers provided by Mullvad, which has committed not to keep logs of any kind.

https://private-network.firefox.com/vpn

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#5

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:49 PM UTC

darau1 wrote: post #3

atonse wrote: post #2

To those who are curious (as I was), they use Wireguard and have partnered with Mullvad for the servers.

Where's that mentioned? edit: never mind

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Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#6

Post by rinchik » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:52 PM UTC

I might be paranoid a bit - I'm skeptical about "you can pick your location" feature. And generally I have a very little trust in US-based VPN service providers.

No matter the location, they'll keep logs forever for the gov or some other equally unreliable entity.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#7

Post by hellcow » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

Last time this was presented Mozilla mentioned a partnership with ProtonVPN.

To any Mozillians reading this, what was the reason for the switch to Mullvad?

Also will we be able to use our own standard Wireguard clients to connect?

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

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Post by commoner » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:57 PM UTC

rinchik wrote: post #6

I might be paranoid a bit - I'm skeptical about "you can pick your location" feature. And generally I have a very little trust in US-based VPN service providers. No matter the location, they'll keep logs forever for the gov or some other equally unreliable entity.

Mullvad is based in Sweden. Their site has details on their no-logging policy and summaries of the relevant Swedish laws:

https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/

https://mullvad.net/en/help/swedish-legislation/

Of course, it's up to you to determine how much you want to trust them.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#9

Post by threatofrain » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 2:57 PM UTC

Mozilla need to clarify their relationship and perspective with ProtonVPN, especially because they always stay above the dirt slinging with the CEO of PIA claiming on HN and Reddit that ProtonVPN is a low credibility business.

Re: Firefox Full-device VPN

#10

Post by Proven » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 3:01 PM UTC

rinchik wrote: post #6

I might be paranoid a bit - I'm skeptical about "you can pick your location" feature. And generally I have a very little trust in US-based VPN service providers. No matter the location, they'll keep logs forever for the gov or some other equally unreliable entity.

I don't get this - one adversary most people (and certainly almost all individual users) worry about is the government. It's trivial for the government to see who runs a VPN connection to this service and identify all users. Just using this service automatically puts you on the government radar.