Tag: vpn
Missing your Proton VPN Firefox add-on? You’ll have to use the desktop app for now
Proton confirmed its Firefox VPN extension is temporarily unavailable The issue is allegedly due to a mandatory Mozilla review process While the team works on a fix, users are advised to use the standalone app Proton made headlines when it made the Proton VPN browser extension free for all, opening…
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Browse securely, without limits — Mozilla scraps data cap on Firefox’s free VPN for the whole summer
Mozilla is lifting the 50GB monthly data cap on Firefox’s free built-in VPN The offer includes 28 locations to browse from, up from the five standard set Everything reverts to the usual data cap and five locations on September 1 A free VPN built right into your browser is a…
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‘Celebrating this partial restoration is not right’ — Iran emerges from 88-day internet shutdown, but what happens next?
Three months, 88 days, 2,093 hours — that’s how long people in Iran were plunged into near-total digital darkness, cut off from the global internet. Connectivity began to be restored on Tuesday May 26, but experts warn that “the internet is not connected” as severe restrictions persist. According to the…
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Fake X-VPN installers found to spread credential-stealing malware — here’s how to stay safe
Fake X-VPN installer found to deploy credential-stealing malware X-VPN was not hacked; only those downloading the fake app were affected First targeting crypto traders, criminals widened to privacy-minded users A new report has uncovered an uncomfortable truth for anyone who downloads software from somewhere other than the official source: a…
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Russia’s solution to its VPN crackdown breaking the internet? A state-owned VPN
Russia’s media regulator has proposed a “state VPN” for IT specialists Roskomnadzor seeks to restore access to developer platforms inadvertently blocked by its own VPN crackdown Industry experts worry the tool could enable state surveillance and create a “privileged tier” of internet users In a deeply ironic twist, Russia’s federal…
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NordVPN lands on Meta Horizon — and VR privacy just got a whole lot easier
The NordVPN client is now available on the Meta Horizon platform The app is installable directly on Quest headsets, no sideloading required NordVPN is the third VPN provider to enter the metaverse NordVPN has arrived on the Meta Horizon platform, making it one of the very few VPN services you…
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