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I wonder why the Built-in VPN is not available in Iran where the service is most needed to bypass state-imposedfiltering.

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jbr replied 1 month ago
Said Rasooli
Said Rasooli

Hello

I was using the Built-in VPN until a few days ago when the service suddenly became unavailable in Iran. It is surprising to see access to the application has been revoked in a country where it is most needed due to massive state-imposed filtering. I believe it is only fair to reconsider this policy and provide the Iranian users with as much help as possible so that they can access the global internet network.

Thank you. Said Rasooli

Hello I was using the Built-in VPN until a few days ago when the service suddenly became unavailable in Iran. It is surprising to see access to the application has been revoked in a country where it is most needed due to massive state-imposed filtering. I believe it is only fair to reconsider this policy and provide the Iranian users with as much help as possible so that they can access the global internet network. Thank you. Said Rasooli

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James
James
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/built-in-vpn

The built in VPN in desktop Firefox is currently only rolled out in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States. Japan was the last place if I recall.

Also the so called built-in VPN is more of a proxy then a full VPN like the Mozilla VPN app is.

https://www.firefox.com/en-US/features/browser-with-built-in-vpn-secure-browsing/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/built-in-vpn/

jbr
jbr
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This is basically similar to previous support.mozilla.org/questions/1598959 — in the countries not listed above, any spontaneous access can't be guaranteed, since the infrastructure is not available there. One day you might get lucky and connect, the other there's just nowhere to connect to. That's basically the YMMV that comes with voiding warranties and flipping switches manually. If the service was viable there as a regular offering, it would be listed in the country list.

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