Integrated VPN services will be available in Microsoft’s Edge browser soon

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Microsoft’s web browser will soon have an integrated virtual private network service. Dubbed the ‘Microsoft Edge Secure Network’, it will be powered by Cloudflare and offer 1 Gbyte of data for free and will be perfectly integrated into the browser.

Microsoft Edge VPN will work very similarly to existing commercial services or other web browsers that include it by default, such as Opera or Firefox. Microsoft says it will permanently delete diagnostic and support data collected every 25 hours.

Microsoft Edge VPN: Features
You already know that a VPN is a network technology that allows you to securely extend a local network over a public network such as the Internet.

Very useful in companies to connect offices, technical services or for remote access, it is also used at the consumer level to improve privacy, bypass region blocks or avoid censorship.

Its use in consumption has increased exponentially in recent years and today there is a wide range of paid services, free, and also those integrated in web browsers.

In practice, these peer-to-peer virtual connections hide the user’s IP address and redirect Internet traffic through an encrypted VPN tunnel.

That level of “invisibility” offers direct security improvements against computer attacks, privacy against data theft and identity appropriation, and other added advantages that any user can take advantage of.

How Microsoft Edge VPN works shouldn’t be much different from the rest with features like:

  • Connection encryption: Encrypts the Internet connection to help protect user data from online threats.
  • Network and secure connections. User data is routed from Edge through an encrypted tunnel to create a secure connection, even when using an unsecured HTTP URL. This makes it difficult for hackers to access browsing data on a shared public Wi-Fi network.
  • It helps to avoid online tracking. By encrypting web traffic directly from Microsoft Edge, Microsoft helps prevent users’ Internet service provider from collecting browsing data, such as details about the websites users visit.
  • Keeps the user’s location private. Online entities can use the user’s location and IP address to create profiles and serve targeted ads. Microsoft Edge Secure Network allows users to browse with a virtual IP address that masks users’ IP and replaces their geographic location with a similar regional address to make it harder for online trackers to follow users as they browse.
  • Free use. Microsoft will offer 1 Gbyte of free data monthly.
  • The service will be powered by the cloudflare provider.

The Microsoft Edge VPN is expected to be included in the next version of the browser. Once Microsoft implements it, a new feature will be available in the general settings menu located in the upper right corner of the browser.

To activate it, users will need to sign in with a Microsoft ID account. A shield icon will indicate if the service is active and the feature will automatically shut down when the user closes the Edge window. Microsoft promises that it will permanently delete diagnostic and support data collected every 25 hours.

Microsoft will limit the free service to 1 GB of monthly data and has not mentioned whether it will later offer a subscription model that allows users to extend it.

There are more comprehensive commercial (and also free) VPN services, but Microsoft will play the card of integration and ease of use at the click of a button from the same browser without having to install additional add-ons or applications.