[Trainer-Talk] Accessible VPN

[Stancil Tootle]

Why would it be good to have a VPN?
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On Jan 17, 2021, at 5:14 PM, David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Hello. About a month ago I purchased the VPN from MalwareBytes called Malwarebytes Privacy.<https://www.malwarebytes.com/vpn/> They were offering a special where you could purchase both the VPN as well as the commercial version of MalwareBytes for a discounted price. The VPN is accessible and it does have an auto-connect option.







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From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Don Barrett via Trainer-Talk
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Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Accessible VPN



Around a month ago, I asked if anyone had used an accessible VPN, and received some very helpful responses.

Just an FYI, I received a note from the Mozilla VPN team advertising their new VPN.

I signed up for a 30-day trial, and wanted to let you all know that the VPN app is fully accessible.

Every control and setting I could find worked well with Jaws, and given my awful results with other VPN's, I was quite please and astounded.

It costs $4.99 per month or essentially $60 per year.

There is also a switch in the settings to allow printing from the local network which I have tested and works very well.

The only issue is that when you reboot, you have to manually toggle on the VPN. I wrote support about this and received the following note.

"Unfortunately, the auto-start isn't an auto-connect feature. It will simply start the app up when you start the computer. You still have to manually toggle the VPN on. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. We have received a lot of feedback regarding a desire for auto-connect, and we are looking to add it very soon.

I hope you may find this helpful, and please let me know if you need anything else.

Mozilla VPN and FPN Support"

Anyway, I like it and plan to keep using it.

Don

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