Mozilla's Standalone Firefox VPN is Now Available in Beta

Mozilla has a new virtual private network service and if you have a Chromebook, a Windows 10 computer or an Android device in the US, you can start using a beta version now. From a report: Called Firefox Private Network, the new service is designed to function as a full-device VPN and give better protection when surfing the web or when using public Wi-Fi networks. The company offers two options: a free browser-extension version, which it launched in beta last year, that provides 12 one-hour VPN passes when using the Firefox browser and a Firefox account; and a second, $4.99-a-month option that provides a more complete VPN service across your whole device. The new paid option, which runs off of servers provided by Swedish open-source VPN company Mullvad, can protect up to five devices with one account. It allows for faster browsing and streaming, and gives you the ability to tap into servers located in "30-plus countries" for masking your location data.

Can You Use this for Torrenting?

[PastTense]

Can you use this for torrenting?

Re: Can You Use this for Torrenting?

[BanHammer]

It says Mullvad so should be yes

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[weilawei]

Also, glad they decided to work with people who take privacy seriously. +1 for the partnership with Mullvad.

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[The New Guy 2.0]

Uh, Mozilla is a charity making open-source software... you seem to have them confused with Google.

It's Wireguard - already blocked in China

[Nocturrne]

The major challenge of our time is to make a VPN or internet layer China cannot block or eavesdrop. Please, stop making eye candy weak VPN features for profit. The US ability to monitor VPN traffic is even stronger than China.

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[rgmoore]

The major challenge of our time is to make a VPN or internet layer China cannot block or eavesdrop.

Good luck with that. As long as the government controls the physical hardware that runs the network, they have absolute power over what happens there, and they will block any traffic they can't monitor.

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[Njovich]

Let us know when you finish your Neutrino communication system.

Re: It's Wireguard - already blocked in China

[BanHammer]

Impossible,because China would use whitelists instead of blacklists

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[AHuxley]

Communist China detects most VPN use globally in real time. That gets their mil/police the list of networks to look for.
Try and connect to the same services from inside Communist China and the once working VPN service might be blocked.

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[AHuxley]

Communist China is getting much more direct with internet control over VPN use and other internet use due to news about its health care system getting out.
Expect a lot more VPN detection and much less ability to use the real internet.
Plan to have a long list of VPN services ready if in Communist China.

Codename "kiddiepron"

[Anonymous Coward]

Not sure what type of person / terrorsist/ perv would require such a software, but rest assured the evil amonst us are digging out their stolen credit card #'s to sign up for this. I don't understand why the government doesn't regulate this and shut it down because it should.

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[Jane Q. Public]

Plenty of just plain old freedom-loving Americans use VPNs.

The fact that you aren't doing anything wrong does not mean you appreciate someone staring in your front window.

There are important reasons related to freedom and democracy for you to protect your freedom (and freedom of speech) on the Internet.

Just ask someone in China if you don't believe me.

Not that this particular VPN would necessarily work in China. But it's the principle of the thing.

If you want to give up your freedom and priva

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[pgmrdlm]

Open wifi networks. People at hotels, in airports, restaurants, what ever. Shoot, where I work use's VPN to protect our customers data when not on company network. Can't understand why anyone would be against VPN's.

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[koavf]

The type of person who would use this is me, who is neither a terrorist nor a pederast/pedophile.

What is Mozilla's role in this?

[The New Guy 2.0]

This doesn't look like a new service, it's an old service being renamed to use Mozilla's brand name because that'll unlock some sales. Expect all free offers to expire sometime.

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[rtb61]

They will cut back on some stuff and use better routing to cut costs. Technically they could route to you and make it look like it goes to them. It is all about where the traffic looks like it is going, rather than it is actually going, where the end point is. Expect Google to do more VPN stuff, because it can cut off it's competitors from your traffic, to it's competitors all your traffic becomes obscure google traffic, no targeted advertising for them, no data mining for them, of course they know and will