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What's the diffrence between Firefox Private Network/VPN and... HTTPS.

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HTTPS encrypts traffic between my browser and the destination.

Firefox Private Network or a VPN add overhead and delay to this connection by adding an additional layer of encryption to route it through Cloudflare where it is logged for 24 hours.

HTTPS encrypts traffic between my browser and the destination. Firefox Private Network or a VPN add overhead and delay to this connection by adding an additional layer of encryption to route it through Cloudflare where it is logged for 24 hours.

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Eve
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HTTPS encrypts the traffic between your browser and destination but doesn't obfuscate/hide the location that it is traveling to. By routing your traffic through a cloud flare server (or a chosen server through the Mozilla VPN) you can add additional security to your internet footprint by hiding your true location from data collectors.

As for your log question, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1268675