Mozilla Is Recruiting Beta Testers For a Free, Baked-In Firefox VPN

Mozilla is testing a free, built-in VPN for Firefox that routes traffic through Mozilla-managed servers directly in the browser. The Register reports: According to a staff post on Mozilla Connect, the company's idea-sharing platform, Firefox VPN is still an experimental feature in the early stages of development, but users will be selected at random to test it 'over the next few months.' Moz describes the feature as one that will sit beside the search bar on Firefox, routing web traffic through a Mozilla-managed VPN server, concealing the user's real IP address while adding a layer of encryption to their communications. Firefox VPN is a different project entirely from Mozilla VPN, a separate, paid-for product. The Firefox version will be free to use and confined to the browser itself, while Mozilla VPN can be used by up to five devices at a time.

The Moz staffer on the product team who announced the feature said of the upcoming beta test: 'We'll start simple, then gradually add new capabilities while learning how it impacts browsing, usage, and overall satisfaction. 'Our long-term vision is ambitious: to build the best VPN-integrated browser on the market.' In response to feedback, the staffer noted that while it will be a desktop browser feature first, 'mobile is definitely a natural next step.'

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