Mozilla has canceled the decision to the Test Pilot program and introduced new functionality for testing — . Private Network allows establishing a network connection through an external proxy service, operated by Cloudflare. All traffic to the proxy server is sent in an encrypted format, enabling the service to ensure protection when operating in untrusted networks, such as when using public Wi-Fi hotspots. Another application of Private Network is to hide the real IP address from websites and advertising networks that tailor content based on the visitor's location.
After activating the new feature in the panel, a button will be available to enable or disable proxy operation, as well as to check the connection status. Testing of the Private Network feature is conducted only for users of the desktop version of Firefox in the US. During the testing period, the service is provided for free, but the final service will likely be The code of the extension implementing the Private Network functionality is under MPL 2.0 license. Connections are forwarded through the proxy 'firefox.factor11.cloudflareclient.com:2486'.
Recall that provides users with the opportunity to evaluate and test experimental features developed for future releases of Firefox. To participate in the program, one must install a special Test Pilot extension, which will provide a list of features available for testing. During the operation of Test Pilot, data gathering and sending of anonymized statistics regarding the use of the tested extensions occurs.
Source: opennet.ru
