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0 pointsdarkwater7d ago0 comments

"Firefox’s free VPN won’t be using Mullvad’s infra though; it’s hosted on Mozilla servers around the world (if beta testing of the feature done in late 2025 tracks)."

From OMG Ubuntu

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kdheiwns7d ago

What makes me not want to use it is I assume Mozilla has a legal presence all around the world.

Two huge reasons people use VPNs is piracy and saying things/accessing content that's not legal in their country. If that company has a legal presence in your country, then they'll hand over that data to the police should you criticize the wrong person or download a movie without permission. At which point a VPN becomes kind of pointless.

bigfishrunning7d ago

The only time i use a VPN is when i'm traveling and I don't trust "free coffee shop wifi"

I probably won't use Mozilla's offering, because i want any VPN to cover the whole system, not just the browser (correct me if i've made a bad assumption here)

amanaplanacanal6d ago

It depends on whether the company keeps records or not. They can't turn over records they don't have.

em-bee6d ago

how is that any different from any other VPN provider?

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