The VPN works using the Wireguard Protocol.
Last year, the Mozilla Foundation announced the launch of a VPN service that will help users keep their personal data more secure. Following the announcement, the company began testing the service and now the commercial version is available – although the closest you can get to us is in Germany. The service is available on a monthly subscription basis and costs €5, which compares very favorably with other solutions already on the market, as you can access the VPN on up to 5 machines at a time.
Mozilla is, of course, still primarily a software developer, and the infrastructure for the VPN service is provided by a Swedish company, Mullvad. Mullvad is not unknown in the sector and is considered to be extremely reliable. It has a total of 750 servers worldwide, spread over 30 countries. Mozilla’s service operates without traffic limits or speed restrictions, and no personal data is collected during its operation.
The only technical “problem” might be that Mozilla’s service only supports the Wireguard protocol, OpenVPN does not yet. However, this should not be a problem for most users. In fact, even the often critical Linus Torvalds has said that Wireguard is a great work: it can establish a faster and more stable connection compared to other standards.
It’s also important to note that Mozilla’s VPN service is a classic service, so it not only ticks through the data exchange with the browser but also the entire internet traffic on the computer. For those who only need the latter, the Firefox Private Network extension may be useful – but this module is only available in the US for the time being.