Mozilla about to launch VPN beta

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Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, will launch the first beta of its upcoming VPN service in the coming weeks.

The organization launched Firefox Private Network in September 2019 which added a browser proxy to the web browser. Available only for users from the United States at the time, it resembled the VPN feature of the Opera web browser and third-party VPN extensions the most.

Firefox Private Network protects user data by encrypting it and masking the IP address of the connection at the same time. Mozilla picked Cloudflare as its partner for the service; Firefox users get connected to the nearest Cloudflare data center when they activate Private Network in the web browser.

The initial solution lacked several important features: there was no option to select a different region/server to connect to, and no information about the connection among other things.

Mozilla revealed the next steps of the project in a new announcement on the official Firefox Private Network site.

A version of Private Network will still be free

As one of our beta testers, you’ll automatically be converted to a new version of Firefox Private Network. This offers all the same benefits as before, but for a limited amount of time each month.

You’ll get 12 hours of Private Network in the form of four three-hour passes. Next time you’re on public Wi-Fi, turn on Private Network to claim one of your passes. Once you validate a pass, it runs without stopping for three hours. You’ll get four new passes at the beginning of every month.

For unlimited access, you have the opportunity to join our invite-only VPN beta
We’re nearly ready to invite our beta testers to try out Firefox Private Network full-device protection. You can join the waitlist right now — before we open it up to the public. This invite-only VPN beta will protect your entire device and offers the option to switch between servers in 39 countries.

Thanks again for participating in the Firefox Private Network beta. You’re helping us build products that put people and their privacy first.

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