Microsoft has begun testing the Microsoft Edge Secure VPN service built into the Edge browser. VPN is enabled for a small percentage of Edge Canary users, but can also be enabled in Settings > Privacy, search and services. The service is being developed with the participation of Cloudflare, whose server capacities are used to build a data transmission network.
The proposed VPN hides the user's IP address, encrypts traffic and transmits requests through a separate isolated network. Of the restrictions, it is noted that it is impossible to select a server in another country to bypass blocks based on the user's location, since traffic is automatically routed through the nearest Cloudflare servers. A feature is also that the service is enabled by default, but is applied depending on the conditions and selected modes.
To control the use of VPN, several modes are offered, which are valid until the traffic limit of 1 GB per month is used up (perhaps in the future they plan to charge a certain fee for increasing the traffic limit):
- "Optimized", which uses the VPN when connecting to an open Wi-Fi network, navigating untrusted networks, or accessing sites without encryption or a valid HTTPS certificate. However, the VPN is not used when watching or transmitting video.
- "All Sites" implies that the VPN is always on.
- "Selected sites", allows you to enable VPN only for user-defined sites or apply to all sites except for selected ones.
Source: opennet.ru