The extremely customizable Vivaldi web browser now has built-in ProtonVPN integration. CEO Jon von Tetzchner described the collaboration as a part of a broader shift towards "privateness over profiling, sovereignty over surveillance, independence over inertia," noting Vivaldi and Proton's headquarters are in Europe (a area with considerably higher privacy regulations than the US). "We don't consider your private information must be a bargaining chip."
Constructed-in ProtonVPN is just out there on Vivaldi's desktop app, which is obtainable for Home windows, macOS and Linux. You need to use Proton integration by clicking a brand new "VPN" icon on the high proper of the toolbar. Doing so will immediate you to sign up together with your Vivaldi account.
It connects with ProtonVPN's free plan by default, which affords strong speeds however solely automated server areas from (via The Verge) 5 randomly chosen international locations. Or, you possibly can log right into a paid Proton account for the quickest speeds and guide server choice. (Proton's service is Engadget's pick for the best VPN app.)
In a blog post asserting the collab, Tetzchner framed it as a people-focused deal. "With this partnership, we're uniting two forces in tech that construct for individuals, not buyers," he wrote. "It's not about development hacks or shareholder slides. It's about defending the online for the individuals who use it."
You possibly can set up ProtonVPN's extension for Chrome, Firefox and Chromium-based options like Edge, Courageous and Opera, so that is removed from the one method to make use of it in your browser. Vivaldi's new button primarily automates the set up course of.
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