Proton's extension is fully self-contained and uses its own custom "HTTPS" protocol instead (which Proton has annoyingly not explained at all, other than it's more vulnerable to fingerprinting) to connect directly to the VPN servers. The Firefox VPN extension relies on the desktop app to actually create the tunnels and host a local SOCKS5 proxy for each one. That said, this extension is entirely standalone and doesn't rely on the desktop app. Any extension can use it, indeed that's exactly how the Proton VPN extension is catching your traffic! They're just only doing it globally instead of per container for now. Under the hood, that Firefox VPN feature (configuring proxies dynamically for the whole browser or per container/tab) just uses an API built into Firefox browser itself. Thanks u/RandomComputerFellow for pointing this out.) (This post was edited to include the Proton for Business plan. Get the Proton VPN browser extension for Firefox-based browsers here and for Chromium-based browsers here. Everyone deserves access to privacy online – the Proton VPN browser extension will make that even easier now. Tell us what you think and what features would you like to see next with our browser extension! You can easily filter servers based on the country, the city, the server load, and browse privately from your browser with a single click via Quick Connect. The Proton VPN extension is compatible with Chromium- and Firefox-based browsers and you don’t need our desktop VPN app installed for this to work. We've happy to announce the Proton VPN browser extension is now available in beta for all supporters of our paid plans - Proton VPN Plus, Unlimited, Proton for Business, and Visionary plans. Many of you have been asking for this, making it our most requested Proton VPN feature ever. Here's also a document covering the FAQs about ProtonVPN.
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