Vivaldi Browser Now Comes With Proton VPN for Free

Vivaldi Technologies has announced a caller concern with Proton AG that volition integrate the escaped mentation of Proton VPN into Vivaldi's web browser, allowing each idiosyncratic a speedy and casual mode to entree a virtual backstage web (VPN).

A VPN protects users’ privateness by hiding their existent IP address. It acts similar a protective tunnel, allowing users to walk done a nationalist web without anyone being capable to snoop connected their data, whether that's a scammer astatine the java store oregon a data-gathering behemoth similar Google.

Vivaldi and Proton VPN person positioned the concern arsenic a “challenge to the dominance of US Big Tech giants,” according to the property release. Vivaldi CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner has agelong been a professional of the surveillance capitalism model, arsenic acold backmost arsenic his erstwhile browser company, Opera. David Peterson, wide manager of Proton VPN, goes further, saying, “Together, Proton VPN and Vivaldi are mounting a caller modular that challenges the dominance of tech giants, providing a viable European alternate that helps radical retake power of their integer lives.” Vivaldi is simply a Norwegian company, and Proton is based successful Switzerland.

Vivaldi, which I've antecedently called the web's champion browser, is already afloat of privateness features you won't find elsewhere, similar an integrated advertisement blocker, which isn't arsenic robust arsenic what you'll get from add-ons similar uBlock, but is nevertheless capable for astir users, and astir importantly, close determination successful the browser. It besides offers integrations with privacy-friendlier hunt engines similar Brave and StartPage (though neither is the default). Vivaldi besides has a afloat email client, calendar, and RSS reader. The caller Proton VPN integration fits good with Vivaldi's all-in-one philosophy. Like the different features, if you aren't interested, the caller Proton VPN integration stays retired of the way.

Proton VPN has agelong topped our Best VPNs usher for its robust security, on with an fantabulous privateness grounds and no-logs policy. Proton VPN has been independently audited and maintains a warrant canary page. It has agelong had the champion free VPN offering, which is what's being integrated into Vivaldi. Unlike astir services, Proton VPN's escaped mentation gives afloat entree to each the regular plan's features. The limitations are that it's lone for a azygous instrumentality and lone 3 server locations: Japan, the Netherlands, and the US.

Vivaldi tells WIRED that the Proton VPN integration whitethorn travel to the mobile versions of the browser astatine immoderate point, but for now, it's lone disposable successful Vivaldi’s desktop browser. Access is done your Vivaldi account—just log successful and you'll spot an enactment to usage Proton VPN's escaped VPN arsenic good arsenic a mode to upgrade to a paid version.