In VPN and Other New Features
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Key Points:
- Mozilla announced a free built-in VPN for Firefox, launching in version 149 on March 24, offering users 50GB of monthly data in the U.S., France, Germany, and the U.K., designed to enhance privacy by routing browser traffic through a proxy without extra downloads.
- Firefox is the first browser to implement the Sanitizer API, a new web security standard that blocks attacks such as untrusted HTML XSS vulnerabilities before they reach users.
- Two new multitasking features, Split View and Tab Notes, will be introduced in Firefox 149 to allow users to view two webpages side by side and add notes to tabs, improving workflow and organization.
- Firefox head Ajit Varma emphasized the browser's 2024
