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Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN" (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 194 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The security researcher is an employee for Brave, a competitor that makes a browser too, and sells a white-label VPN that you also purchase and enable from the browser.

I would touch neither Edge "VPN",
nor "Brave" VPN.

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  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    the problem with edge's (allegedly) is not just it's white-label, though. that would make it a VPN.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Touche; the two things aren't similar under the hood, but the user interface (being controlled directly from the browser) definitely is. And while Microsoft's sales pitch is deceptive, it's clearly a competitor to offerings from companies like Brave, Opera, DuckDuckGo, every Android app that offers a "free VPN" baked into a Chrome shell.

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