What is Proton VPN: Fast & Secure?
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PC Mag: “A five-star VPN experience. […] Proton VPN offers an excellent collection of features and a nearly peerless free subscription option, making it our top choice for VPNs.” Forbes: "Proton VPN is a service that will do all it can to protect your privacy. All of its applications are open source and audited by third parties, and it has a robust privacy policy. Spoiler, it's very good."
Why do you need Proton VPN's extension for Firefox?
- Browse privately online
- Prevent websites from tracking you across the internet
- Stream films, sports events, and TV series on multiple streaming services worldwide
- Access geo-blocked content and use the internet without restrictions
- Convenience
- Connect to 6,500+ servers in 100+ countries
- Protect up to 10 browsers / devices at the same time
- Auto-connect to a VPN server each time you open your browser
- Privacy & security
- Easily hide your browsing history from your internet service provider (ISP)
- Prevent tracking from websites you visit by hiding your IP address
- Protect against network attacks by routing your traffic through our high-security double-hop VPN implementation (Secure Core)
- Speed
- Fast browsing, with high-speed connections up to 10 Gbps
- Ease-of-use
- Easy to install everywhere, without admin rights
- Protect your internet connection with one-click
- Customize your VPN experience with split tunneling. Exclude websites from being routed through the VPN tunnel
- Get help from our dedicated customer support team via email. Paid users also have access to live chat support.
- Speed: with its server network and proprietary VPN accelerator technology, Proton is one of the fastest VPNs in the market – you won’t notice you’re connected to a VPN.
- Privacy: we have a strict no-logs policy (under Swiss law, we are not obligated to save any). This means your private browsing history stays private.
- Transparency: all information about who owns the company, where we run it from, what data we collect and how we use it, is publicly available.
- Add the Proton VPN browser extension to your browser
- Click the Proton VPN icon in the top right of your browser
- Sign in to your account
- Click the Proton VPN icon in your browser again, then click "Quick Connect"
- You're done! You can now securely and privately browse the internet!
Proton's obligation is to our community. We do not compromise your trust by selling your data and never will. We are committed to fighting for privacy and freedom online, and will always stand up to defend an internet that serves the interests of all people.
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- Works well on mobile devices
- High speeds when functional
- User-friendly on mobile
- Does not work well in Russia on PC
- Requires website sign-in that is region blocked
- Unstable connection and frequent issues on PC
- Limited functionality in the free version
- Ineffectiveness in Russia on PC
- Functionality difference between mobile and desktop versions
- Website sign-in issues causing access problems
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Proton VPN: Fast & Secure requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Proton VPN: Fast & Secure is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.