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Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data, which is pretty generous for a browser-based VPN. A Mozilla account is required to make use of it, which isn’t a hardship (they’re free), but is a point of friction some may wish to know upfront.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago (4 children)

And how exactly do we know for certain that all that juicy web access data complete linked to whatever identifying information associated with a Mozilla account isn't going to be sold?!

[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 14 points 2 months ago

Yeah, sadly Mozilla lost most of the trust one would have given to them in advance a few years ago.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The same could be said about any VPN out there. Read the ToS and privacy policy, and either believe it or don’t.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

True, but Mozilla being what it had been the past few years I trust them no further than I can throw them

Edit: pay the few dollars for mullvad

[–] imjustmsk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Of course, my mozilla account will have the name John Smith and I was born in 1996. 

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Other vpns aren't integrated into your browser that you're globally logged in into.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nah just integrated in your machine

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I mean, depending on the word integrated. Everything is integrated in a sense. But it's harder to be more integrated than being literally the same app.