Mozilla VPN

The Firefox Private Network web browser extension beta version was released on September 10, 2019, as part of the relaunch of Mozilla's Test Pilot Program,{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Marissa|date=10 September 2019|title=Firefox's Test Pilot Program Returns with Firefox Private Network Beta|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/09/10/firefoxs-test-pilot-program-returns-with-firefox-private-network-beta/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622141950/https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/09/10/firefoxs-test-pilot-program-returns-with-firefox-private-network-beta/|archive-date=22 June 2020|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Mozilla Blog}} a program that allowed Firefox users to test experimental new features which had been shuttered in January 2019.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Marissa|date=15 January 2019|title=Evolving Firefox's Culture of Experimentation: A Thank You from the Test Pilot Program|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/01/15/evolving-firefoxs-culture-of-experimentation-a-thank-you-from-the-test-pilot-program/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220113513/https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/01/15/evolving-firefoxs-culture-of-experimentation-a-thank-you-from-the-test-pilot-program/|archive-date=20 February 2020|access-date=15 January 2019|website=Mozilla Blog}} The beta of the subscription-based standalone virtual private network for Android, Microsoft Windows, and Chromebook launched on February 19, 2020, with the iOS version following soon after.

Firefox Private Network was rebranded as "Mozilla VPN" on June 18, 2020, and officially launched as Mozilla VPN on July 15, 2020.{{Cite web|date=18 June 2020|title=Introducing Mozilla VPN|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2020/06/18/introducing-firefox-private-network-vpns-official-product-the-mozilla-vpn/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713075120/https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2020/06/18/introducing-firefox-private-network-vpns-official-product-the-mozilla-vpn/|archive-date=13 July 2020|access-date=15 July 2020|website=Mozilla Blog}} At launch, Mozilla VPN was available in six countries (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand) for Windows 10, Android, and iOS (beta). Over time, the service also launched in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Portugal, Denmark, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Estonia, Cyprus, and Malta.{{Cite web |date=7 October 2023 |title=In which countries is Mozilla VPN available to subscribe? |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozilla-vpn-countries-available-subscribe |website=Support mozilla}}

Cybersecurity firm Cure53 conducted a security audit for Mozilla VPN in August 2020 and identified multiple vulnerabilities, including one critical-severity vulnerability.{{Cite web |last=Heiderich |first=Mario |date=17 August 2021 |title=Pentest-Report Mozilla VPN Apps & Clients 03.2021 |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/security/files/2021/08/FVP-02-report.final_.pdf |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=Mozilla Blog}}{{rp|2}} In March 2021, Cure53 conducted a second security audit, which noted significant improvements since the 2020 audit.

The second audit identified multiple issues, including two medium-severity and one high-severity vulnerability, but concluded that by the time of publication, only one vulnerability remained unresolved, and that it would require "a strong state-funded attacker-model"{{rp|21}} to be exploitable. Mozilla disclosed most of the vulnerabilities in July 2021{{Cite web|title=Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-31|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-31/|date=2021-07-14|website=Mozilla|language=en}} and released the full report by Cure53 in August 2021.{{Cite web|last=Claudius|first=Jonathan|title=Mozilla VPN Security Audit|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/08/31/mozilla-vpn-security-audit|date=2021-08-31|website=Mozilla Security Blog|language=en-US}}

In April 2023, Cure53 conducted a third security audit, the results of which Mozilla disclosed in December that year,{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Mozilla VPN Security Audit 2023 |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2023/12/06/mozilla-vpn-security-audit-2023/}} along with the full report by Cure53.{{Cite web |last=Heiderich |first=Mario |date=1 December 2023 |title=Pentest-Report Mozilla VPN Client Apps 05.-06.2023 |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/security/files/2023/12/Cure53-Final-Audit-Report.pdf |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=Mozilla Blog}}

Mozilla VPN masks the user's IP address, hiding the user's location data from the websites accessed by the user, and encrypts all network activity.{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Dennis|date=20 September 2019|title=Mozilla Testing Firefox Private Network|url=https://duo.com/decipher/mozilla-testing-firefox-private-network|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205111140/https://duo.com/decipher/mozilla-testing-firefox-private-network|archive-date=5 December 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Decipher|publisher=Duo Security}}{{Cite web|last=Hesse|first=Brendan|date=19 February 2020|title=Everything You Need to Know About the New Firefox VPN|url=https://lifehacker.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-firefox-vpn-1841795750|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424022124/https://lifehacker.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-firefox-vpn-1841795750|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Life Hacker}}{{Cite news|last=Lardinois|first=Frederic|date=3 December 2019|title=Mozilla launched the next phase of its Firefox Private Network VPN beta|work=Tech Crunch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/03/mozilla-launches-the-next-beta-phase-of-its-firefox-private-network-vpn/}} The service allows for up to 5 simultaneous connections, to any of more than 500 servers in 30+ countries, and is available on the mobile operating systems iOS and Android and the desktop operating systems Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.{{cite web |last1=Sneddon |first1=Joey |date=13 January 2021 |title=Mozilla VPN is Now Available to Mac & Linux Users |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/mozilla-vpn-is-finally-available-on-mac-linux |website=omgubuntu |access-date=13 January 2021 |ref=omgubuntu}}

Mozilla VPN's infrastructure is provided by the Swedish Mullvad VPN service, which uses the WireGuard VPN protocol. The VPN software comes with additional features, like recommended server locations, the ability to block ads, block ad trackers and malware, the ability to exclude certain applications from protection,{{Cite web |title=Exclude applications from Mozilla VPN protection {{!}} Mozilla VPN Help |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/split-tunneling-app-permissions |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=support.mozilla.org}} the ability to set multi-hop connections, and to set custom DNS servers.{{Cite web |title=Mozilla VPN adds advanced privacy features: Custom DNS servers and Multi-hop {{!}} The Mozilla Blog |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-vpn-adds-advanced-privacy-features-custom-dns-servers-and-multi-hop/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=blog.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}

When used with Firefox and the official extension,{{cite web | url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mozilla-vpn-extension/ | title=Mozilla VPN Extension – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (En-US) }} Mozilla VPN allows the use of different settings per container {{cite web | url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers | title=Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (En-US) }} as well as bypassing the VPN for specific websites.

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