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by threatofrain 2394 days ago
Mozilla need to clarify their relationship and perspective with ProtonVPN, especially because they always stay above the dirt slinging with the CEO of PIA claiming on HN and Reddit that ProtonVPN is a low credibility business.
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commoner 2394 days ago
Firefox Private Network uses Cloudflare for the browser extension and Mullvad for the desktop and mobile clients.

> Our partner for FPN Browser Protection is Cloudflare. Our partner for FPN Full-device Protection is Mullvad.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox-private-networ...

Mozilla previously sold ProtonVPN as an affiliate for $10/month, but Firefox Private Network doesn't use them at all.

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/10/22/testing-n...

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threatofrain 2394 days ago
But is Mozilla dropping mention of ProtonVPN due to a loss of confidence after the PIA CEO engaged in mud slinging on public forums? It’s noticeable that Mozilla never really defended their “associate”.
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protonmail 2394 days ago
No, and this is supported by the timing. PIA made the inaccurate (and now withdrawn) allegations in July. Mozilla was aware of the allegations, visited Proton in Geneva, looked into said allegations, and announced the Proton partnership in October.

Proton doesn't support Wireguard which is the protocol Mozilla wanted to use. This was a conscious decision because Wireguard is UDP only, which poses a significant problem for many Proton users which are based in countries with strict censorship and UDP VPN protocols are easier to block. Therefore, Proton's VPN focus has shifted to working on TCP based solutions which can resist DPI.

While Proton and Mozilla's VPN focuses have diverged, there is still collaborations and discussions in other areas. For example, Thunderbird is integrating Enigmail, which is based upon the OpenPGPjs library that Proton maintains.

Proton and Mozilla have similar missions, and will continue to support each other in the future.

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commoner 2394 days ago
Only someone from Mozilla could tell you for sure, but I think it's more likely that Mozilla didn't choose ProtonVPN for FPN because ProtonVPN doesn't currently support WireGuard.
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