{"id":11166,"date":"2022-04-28T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1385647"},"modified":"2022-04-28T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:00:01","slug":"edges-prospective-free-vpn-would-be-a-tempting-reason-to-ditch-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=11166","title":{"rendered":"Edge\u2019s prospective free VPN would be a tempting reason to ditch Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F04%2FUntitled-design-10.jpg&amp;signature=02e16e22940dd5c8d2fdf02e8d7447ee\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m one of countless people who are foolishly faithful to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/google-chrome-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the browser\u2019s horrible rep for <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy<\/a>, memory-hogging,&nbsp;battery-draining, and role in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google\u2019s<\/a> monopoly, I can\u2019t call it quits. We had too many good times together \u2014 and the old bastard is still pretty.<\/p>\n<p>Our relationship, however, may soon face a new threat. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/use-the-microsoft-edge-secure-network-to-protect-your-browsing-885472e2-7847-4d89-befb-c80d3dda6318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a page on the Microsoft website<\/a> that was <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/use-the-microsoft-edge-secure-network-to-protect-your-browsing-885472e2-7847-4d89-befb-c80d3dda6318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">spotted by Neowin<\/a>, the software giant has developed a built-in VPN for the Edge browser.<\/p>\n<p>The service remains a preview feature for now, but it could be available in an upcoming version of Edge.<\/p>\n<p>Named the \u201cMicrosoft Edge Secure Network,\u201d&nbsp; the VPN is powered by Cloudflare. The company promises to delete the diagnostic and support data it collects every 25 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft says the feature encrypts your connection, helps prevent online tracking, and keeps your location private. But perhaps the most attractive attribute is that the service is free to use.<\/p>\n<p>Users will need to sign in to their Microsoft account to use the service. You can find out how to turn it on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/use-the-microsoft-edge-secure-network-to-protect-your-browsing-885472e2-7847-4d89-befb-c80d3dda6318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">at the Microsoft website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is one major drawback: the service has a limit of 1GB of data.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a problem for me, as I only use VPNs to fight oppressive governments and protect confidential sources, but fans of illegal streams and downloads will have to commit their ghastly crimes elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>It could nonetheless give Edge an, um, edge over its rivals. Opera already has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opera.com\/features\/free-vpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a free built-in VPN<\/a>, but the service is slow, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-GB\/products\/vpn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla\u2019s VPN for Firefox<\/a> remains a paid service. Chrome, meanwhile, doesn\u2019t have a built-in VPN.<\/p>\n<p>I still haven\u2019t ditched the browser, but the old deadbeat isn\u2019t looking as hot as it used to.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/microsoft-developing-free-integrated-edge-vpn\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m one of countless people who are foolishly faithful to Chrome. Despite the browser\u2019s horrible rep for privacy, memory-hogging,&nbsp;battery-draining, and role in Google\u2019s monopoly, I can\u2019t call it quits. We had too&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}