Mozilla VPN was given a thorough audit by Cure53 (Image credit: Mozilla) Audit Mozilla points users to the Mullvad Privacy Policy for more detail, and that explains there's no logging of traffic, DNS requests, IP addresses, session times or bandwidth used. (If you don't notice the installer option, you can also turn this off from Settings.)
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Our Windows app installer asked us whether we wanted to send usage data to Mozilla, making it clear what was going on, and giving us a chance to say 'no, thanks'. If you're unhappy with this, you can disable some of it. Mozilla says the IP is only held 'temporarily', although it doesn't explain how long 'temporary' might be.
The firm collects your IP address when you sign up and use the service, along with technical information about its setup (installed app version, operating system, hardware configuration) and 'interaction data': when you log in, when the app requests the server information, and so on. The Mozilla VPN website makes its general approach very clear – 'Your privacy comes first', 'We don’t store your online activity logs on our servers' – and the company provides more information in a brief Privacy Notice. Even if you think Mozilla's reputation comes largely from not being Google or Microsoft, it's still way ahead of most VPNs in the trustworthiness stakes, and its partner, Mullvad, is one of the most privacy-focused providers around. Mozilla sells its VPN partly as being from 'a name you can trust', and that's a major plus. Mozilla VPN puts user privacy first (Image credit: Mozilla) Privacy and logging You can also send questions to the support team from the website if you're in serious trouble. There's no live chat support, but Mozilla does have a decent number of support articles. And you still can't set up the apps to automatically connect when you access public Wi-Fi, either. There's no support for manually setting up the service on routers or anything else. Mozilla VPN only supports the WireGuard protocol, for instance, so if that won’t connect on your network, you’re out of luck. (This Mozilla blog post has more details.) Instead of forever connecting, changing location or disconnecting, you just switch to whatever tab you need.
You’re able to have separate browser tabs, each connected to a separate VPN location, or even not connected to the VPN at all. Other highlights include IPv6 support, and the ability to choose an ad or tracker-blocking DNS server, or to use your preferred DNS.įirefox users get an unusual bonus in support for Multi-Account Containers. Split tunneling support (confusingly called App Permissions here) allows you to decide which apps are protected by the VPN, and which use your regular internet connection.
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Mozilla implemented this a while ago on desktop apps, but it's now available on Android and iOS, too. Multi-Hop VPN enables connecting to the VPN from one location (Phoenix, say, but you can choose anything from the location list) and exiting from another (maybe London), making it even more difficult for others to track your activities. Support for the speedy WireGuard protocol optimizes performance, and there's a kill switch to protect you if the VPN drops.
The network is P2P-friendly, for instance (we torrented successfully on three test locations). Mozilla VPN's feature list has grown considerably since launch, and the service now beats many specialist VPNs in some areas. You can elect to use ad or tracker-blocking DNS servers (Image credit: Mozilla) Features
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