Microsoft has tried many ways of swaying consumers to use their Edge browser. Some of their recent methods even sparked controversy like the tech giant making it hard to switch the default browser in Windows 11.
Now, the company is trying a new method to inspire more consumers to use the Microsoft Edge browser by introducing a free inbuilt VPN service codenamed “Edge Secure Network”.
According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft is currently testing the Cloudflare powered Edge Secure Network VPN service which will soon be rolling out to the public as a part of a security upgrade.
The new feature will encrypt the user’s web traffic safeguarding the information they want to keep private from ISPs (Internet service providers). The Edge Secure Network function can also be used to hide your location while browsing the web or even access area restricted content like Netflix or Hulu shows.
The kicker is that this free service will only allow a data use limit of 1GB per month, and users will have to be logged in to a Microsoft account so the company can track the usage.
On the issue of privacy, while using this feature, Microsoft has said that although Cloudflare will collect support and diagnostic information from the service, the company will purge the data every 25 hours.
The feature is still under development and will likely be made available to Microsoft Edge Insider members first. Once it’s been made available, users will be able to activate the VPN by clicking on the three dots drop-down on the top right and navigating to the secure network option. Once the connection has been secured, a shield icon will appear in the browser frame. And once you finish browsing and close Edge, the VPN session will also end.
The new feature might help Edge stand out from the majority of other web browsers as only Opera offers a similar free VPN service while Mozilla and Google Chrome only provide paid VPN services.
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