SahwaFeb 23

Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"

https://reddthat.com/post/60788659

Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN" - Reddthat

Lemmy

Show threadXLE

The security researcher is an employee for Brave, a competitor that makes a browser too and sells a white-label VPN too.

I would touch neither Edge “VPN”,
nor “Brave” VPN.

Feb 23 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadAatubeFeb 23
the problem with edge’s (allegedly) is not just it’s white-label, though. that would make it a VPN.
Show threadXLEFeb 23
I changed my comment a little bit. You’re right that the two things aren’t similar under the hood, but the user interface for the two things (being controlled directly from the browser) definitely is. And while Microsoft’s sales pitch is deceptive, it’s clearly a competitor to offerings from companies like Brave, Opera, DuckDuckGo, etc.