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Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:19AM (#33731501)
> its virtual private network (VPN)

it's not theirs, it's mullvad ones

https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers/

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by tyingq on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:22AM (#33731545)
True, though the mozilla client is their own, and seems to be somewhat customized, like using only wireguard.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:34AM (#33731676)
they can reskin what they want, the press still spread an incorrect information
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by capableweb on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:46AM (#33731828)
Is Brave (and similar browsers) not their own browsers because the rendering engine is the same as what others use? Similarly, was Chrome not Google's browser when they were using Webkit?
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:05AM (#33732078)
> Mozilla has partnered with Mullvad in order to utilize our global network of VPN servers for its own VPN application, Mozilla VPN, since July 2019.

Mozilla uses Mullvad VPN, they built their VPN Client application using wireguard

Therefore, it's a VPN Client, not "their VPN", VPN = virtual private network, it's not their "network"

Chrome Browser = VPN Client

Google Services = VPN

Brave made a browser using chromium, but they do not use Google's servers/services, so its their browser

Understand the difference now?

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:11AM (#33732153)
You must be fun at parties.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:51AM (#33732688)
Will that help us have fun on the moon? or should it be someone else?
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:14AM (#33732989)
No idea what that's supposed to mean but I'm sure it was very clever.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:23AM (#33733088)
It's not about being clever, it's about being correct
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:41AM (#33733290)
There's being correct, then there's being pedantic.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by tyingq on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:46AM (#33732620)
>they can reskin

The client isn't a reskin of Mullvad's client.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by deafpolygon on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:45AM (#33731818)
Is that bad, or good?
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by systems on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:01AM (#33732020)
for mozilla neither, for mullvad probably good, i think many trust the mozilla brand more than mullvad

mullvad is an average vpn provider

also its important to note, that many question that VPNs provide any security at all , i think for 7 dollars you pay their email relay and phone masking seem like the more interesting feature and value

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by jorisvansoest on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:34AM (#33732478)
average? Have you read this? [1] I think they do a lot more then other VPN providers!

[1] https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by hardwaresofton on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:25AM (#33732353)
> mullvad is an average vpn provider

I was under the impression that mullvad was best-in-breed. A lot of bad VPN companies running around these days and Mullvad is a clear HN favorite.

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by zinodaur on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:34AM (#33732472)
Mullvad UX is pretty sweet - I especially like how they don't force signups, and still let you open ports.

I wish there was a premium tier to let you pay for more bandwidth though, the fact that down speeds are capped at 300MBPS and up speeds much less made it not really usable for me

Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by sodality2 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @03:42PM (#33736009)
I have never experienced this cap. I downloaded at gigabit last time I used it.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by everfrustrated on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:42AM (#33733308)
Problem is Mullvad is too reputable. I find everything is blocked as their IPs are very well known and on all lists.
Re:Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 p... by Kukumber on Thursday November 24, 2022 @12:27PM (#33733865)
Mullvad make sure you are totally anonymous, from the payment system to using their servers

Mozilla is a 3rd party with their own account system and payment system, that means you are traceable, you need to register to mozilla

Mullvad doesn't have any account system, and you can pay using cash

is it good, is it bad? it's up to you to decide based on the provided informations