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  • Re: Free VPN?

    From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Mar 26 18:45:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    Richmond wrote:

    Andy Burns writes:

    I'm in the UK, it allows me to login to the mozilla VPN using my
    existing firefox sync credentials

    I don't see any way to log in.
    Within the Settings / Privacy & Security tab, I now have a VPN section,
    I didn't notice what URL it took me to to get signed-in.

    And I can turn it on/off from a new VPN icon in my main toolbar
    (customisable like other items in toolbar)

    History does show that I visited the URL

    <https://vpn.mozilla.org/oauth/success?code=xxx&state=yyy>

    where xxx and yyy are long hex and alphanumeric strings respectively

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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Mar 26 12:46:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    Andy Burns wrote:
    And I can turn it on/off from a new VPN icon in my main toolbar (customisable like other items in toolbar)

    On my Ffx 149, I do NOT have a VPN icon in my main toolbar; and in my
    Ffx settings, I DO have a 'Mozilla VPN' section which has a 'Get VPN'
    function which takes me to the place one can subscribe to the REAL Moz VPN.

    So, at the present time, the Moz and media 'hype' about the free Moz
    vpn/proxy are (simply) a /ploy/ to attract users to subscribe to the pay
    Moz VPN, (says the perennial skeptic).

    For my indicators, I call the free 'vpn' as lowercase vpn/proxy and the
    pay Moz VPN w/ upppercase.

    While I do NOT have any need for a pay VPN, I /think/ that if I did, my
    choice would be Proton's, not Moz's.

    I'm not sure which of the various free VPNs I like 'best' between such
    as RiseUp, Windscribe, and Proton's; I think it depends on the situation.

    I /suppose/ if I were going to use a proxy, it /might/ be the moz
    vpn/proxy, but I haven't been able to check that out yet.
    --
    Mike Easter
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  • From s|b@me@privacy.invalid to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Mar 26 21:18:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:49:45 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    I'm in the UK, it allows me to login to the mozilla VPN using my
    existing firefox sync credentials, seems to work, my IP shows up as ip-63-245-216-244.vpn.firefox.com from whatsmyip.org

    I don't pay for any VPN (because I rarely need one) but it's better than
    a slap in the face with a wet kipper ...

    How is the UK going to block this VPN, so the kids don't have access to
    pr0n? (-;
    --
    s|b
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  • From Richmond@dnomhcir@gmx.com to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Mar 26 21:29:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> writes:

    On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:49:45 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    I'm in the UK, it allows me to login to the mozilla VPN using my
    existing firefox sync credentials, seems to work, my IP shows up as
    ip-63-245-216-244.vpn.firefox.com from whatsmyip.org

    I don't pay for any VPN (because I rarely need one) but it's better
    than a slap in the face with a wet kipper ...

    How is the UK going to block this VPN, so the kids don't have access
    to pr0n? (-;

    They will get age verification installed in operating systems then
    Firefox will be required to check the age-verification-api. If that
    fails, prompt the user for a passport, driving licence, and three
    different utility bills. It will be like the annoyance of cookie
    warnings, raised to the power of 10.

    I suggest the way forward is for the age-verification-api to return 25
    every time. But don't tell anyone. That way they think they've got what
    they want, and we think we've got what we want, and everyone is happy.
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