Mozilla’s VPN service has officially launched and is now available for Windows and Android in six countries around the world, including the US, Canada and the United Kingdom, the company announced today. The service is available for $ 4.99 a month and, like other VPNs, is designed to make your web browsing more private and secure. As part of the move, the service is renamed from Firefox Private Network to Mozilla VPN, a change that was announced last month.
Mozilla argues that its VPN service has a couple of advantages over its many competitors. It says it should offer a faster browsing experience in many cases because it’s based on a protocol with less than a third of the lines of code from an average VPN service provider. The company also relies on the reputation that was built with its privacy-focused browser, adding that it only collects the information it needs to run a service and does not keep records of user data.
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The launch of the VPN follows beta testing in the US, which also included testing of a VPN built directly into the Firefox browser. Last month, Mozilla announced that it would test asking users to pay $ 2.99 a month for unlimited use of the extension, which is designed to mask their traffic within the browser rather than at the system-wide level.
In addition to the US, Canada, and the UK, Mozilla says its VPN is also initially available in Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand, and that it hopes to expand its availability to more countries later this year. In addition to launching on Android and Windows, Mozilla says it will officially hit iOS soon.
