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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 32 points 7 months ago (12 children)

So they know it's you all the traffic comes from?

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Exactly. No thanks. Nothing is ever "free".

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    If something is free then you are the product

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    How does that sqaure away with FOSS?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago*

    You are either going to donate, or spread word to others, who will pick it up and donate themselves.

    Money still gets made, its just less opportunistic and predatory, and more a reward from those who can afford, to fund for those who cant.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    They also know it's you when you don't use it. I'm not sure how is it worse? Seems like a handy way to go around geoblocks.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    People's conception of what VPN actually does is skewed by shady ads. Now they hear VPN and assume it's suppose to be this unbreakable anonymizer that somehow also secures you from some unspecified dangers.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Uhm, what? Maybe my ISP knows, but they are regulated (at least here). But VPN is a virtual direct-line to another server.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Another server that belongs to the same company as your browser, so they have an access to both ends of the direct line. If you don't trust Mozilla to be thrustworthy vpn server (which is good, shouldn't trust anyone), bad news, they already have an access to your whole traffic because they own your browser

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