Feedback about VPN Beta
Offering some feedback about the VPN Beta. There are a couple of things I immediately notice about it that are lacking that would be nice to have.
First, the option to invert the excluded sites list and rather make it an included sites list. Especially since it has such a low amount of data each month, It would be great to be able to enable it and know it's only going to use data on the sites where I actually want it used. There are far more sites where I don't care about using the VPN than I exclusively want a VPN on.
Another good mode / option would to be able to enable the VPN only for one specific window or even tab group. I noticed if I use a private window and turn VPN on there, it turns it on for all of my firefox windows. Again here, this is a pretty focused use, if I'm in a private window and turn it on, it's for the extra privacy there, I don't need it on for the hundred other tabs I may have open.
Make an option to put the VPN button in the sidebar. Maybe I'm overlooking it but I don't see any way currently to add it to the sidebar instead of the top tool bar.
When the VPN is enabled, show the exit node information / location. So that at a glance I know where websites think my traffic is coming from. Some websites when you log in they send a 2FA that lists the location you are logging in from. It would be really helpful to easily corroborate that location with the location the VPN would be reporting.
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Hi,
The people who answer questions here, for the most part, are other users volunteering their time (like me), not Mozilla employees or developers. When a Mozilla employee jumps into a discussion, you'll see the Mozilla Staff label next to their name.
If you wish, you can leave feedback for developers on the Mozilla Connect website. Click the Firefox Menu 
button in the toolbar, click Help and select Share ideas and feedback…. Alternatively, you can use this link. Your feedback is collected by a team that reads it and gathers data on the most common issues.
You can also file a bug report or feature request. See File a bug report or feature request for Mozilla products for details.
Ah, thanks, I just followed the link to provide feedback provided by Mozilla and this is where it brought me. So I assumed it was the intended place to provide feedback =p
The Learn More button on the settings page for VPN goes to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/built-in-vpn?as=u&utm_source=inproduct&redirectslug=use-ip-concealment-in-firefox&redirectlocale=en-US#w_where-can-i-get-help-or-give-feedback
And at the bottom of that page "Where can I get help or give feedback?" comes here.
Steven said
Offering some feedback about the VPN Beta. First, the option to invert the excluded sites list and rather make it an included sites list. Especially since it has such a low amount of data each month, It would be great to be able to enable it and know it's only going to use data on the sites where I actually want it used. There are far more sites where I don't care about using the VPN than I exclusively want a VPN on.
It is a "built-in VPN" and not a VPN Beta. Though it is still in early stages of rollout and features.
Mozilla also has the standalone subscription based Mozilla VPN app to consider in deciding on what features and control options to have with the built-in VPN.
A whitelist feature is said to be on the road map.
Modified by James
James said
Steven said
Offering some feedback about the VPN Beta. First, the option to invert the excluded sites list and rather make it an included sites list. Especially since it has such a low amount of data each month, It would be great to be able to enable it and know it's only going to use data on the sites where I actually want it used. There are far more sites where I don't care about using the VPN than I exclusively want a VPN on.It is a "built-in VPN" and not a VPN Beta. Though it is still in early stages of rollout and features.
Mozilla also has the standalone subscription based Mozilla VPN app to consider in deciding on what features and control options to have with the built-in VPN.
A whitelist feature is said to be on the road map.
I'm not sure if it's relevant whether it is "built-in VPN" or VPN Beta... but in the version of firefox that mine updated to, it is still labeled as VPN Beta.
Whitelist feature being on the roadmap already is great though. Definitely would improve it a bit!
I did copy this feedback to a thread I found for it over on Mozilla Connect though.
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