Microsoft is the latest company to add a free VPN feature to its web browser, though it will include a pretty big limitation once it rolls out to everyone.
While it did get rid of much of the baggage that weighed down Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s Edge browser has ended up being just as controversial as its predecessor, mostly because of a few missteps in the company’s marketing and its aggressive push. Despite those contentious and sometimes distasteful tactics, Microsoft Edge has the makings of a solid and impressive web browser. It continues to grow a good set of built-in features on top of Chromium, and the latest version is designed to protect your privacy, something the old Microsoft probably wouldn’t have even bothered offering outright. A lot of people today spend most of their time on the web. This makes browsers fertile ground for harvesting information that could be traced back to the user. There are plenty of laws written to protect people from such privacy intrusions, but those in the advertising and hacking businesses always find technical and legal loopholes to get around them.
