Hong Kong Internet Users Flock to VPNs as China Prepares New Security Law Subscribers (Opens in a new window) will get access to servers from over 30 countries and VPN protection for up to five devices at a time. When you want the VPN protection, simply turn the app on, and it’ll begin encrypting your device connections to the internet. It also functions as an app you can download to your Android or iOS device, Windows PC, and Chromebook. The standalone Mozilla VPN product, on the other hand, offers full encryption with no time limit. Protection is also capped to 12 hours per month. (However, an upcoming beta (Opens in a new window) will offer unlimited connections at $2.99 a month.) The extension, although free, only encrypts your internet connection through the browser-not other applications running on the device. The upcoming product is separate from a VPN browser extension Mozilla offers (Opens in a new window) via the Firefox browser. “The VPN will exit Beta phase in the next few weeks, move out of the Firefox Private Network brand, and become a standalone product, Mozilla VPN, to serve a larger audience,” the company wrote in a Thursday blog post (Opens in a new window). Now Mozilla is confident the privacy-enhancing product is ready for mainstream use.

The company has been testing its VPN service under the “Firefox Private Network” name since last year.

Mozilla’s VPN service is exiting beta and will soon be available for $4.99 per month. Support for Mac and Linux is 'coming soon.'

UPDATE: Mozilla VPN in now available (Opens in a new window) on Android, iOS, and Windows in the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.

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