Mozilla Launches VPN as Part of Resurrected Firefox Test Pilot Program

'Mozilla is resurrecting its recently expunged Test Pilot program with
a renewed focus on privacy-focused tools and products. The Firefox
developer today lifted the lid on the first product to emerge from the
new Test Pilot, and it appears to be something akin to a virtual
private network (VPN) in all but name. From a report:

Firefox Private Network, as the new tool is called, is available in
beta today for logged-in Firefox desktop users in the U.S. only, and
is accessible through a browser extension. By way of a quick recap,
Mozilla debuted Firefox Test Pilot a decade ago but then relaunched it
back in 2016. Test Pilot went on to attain an average of 100,000 daily
users, each looking to test Mozilla's latest developments -- including
a price-tracking feature for online shoppers, content recommendations
based on browsing activity, and more.

Some of these became full-fledged features within Firefox and others
did not, but back in January Mozilla announced it was killing its Test
Pilot program altogether. This came as something of a surprise given
Mozilla's own statements about the success of the program. At the
time, Mozilla said it was "evolving" its approach to experimentation
and suggested it was looking to ideate more widely across the company.
Fast-forward nine months, and Firefox Test Pilot is back for a third
time.'

-- source: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/09/10/1514241

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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