If you have your computer running through a router then you don’t need to run a VPN. It would just be redundant at that point.
I no longer regard Firefox as a privacy browser. The introduction of Pocket and the Firefox accounts they want all users to set up tells me they are vacuuming up data just like the socials. Also, a free VPN gives you no privacy. The only thing it does to let the VPN provider make money selling your browsing data instead of your ISP.
Ever since Mozilla fired Brendan Eich they have IMHO gone over to the dark side. Use Brave and a good VPN provider that is paid for by your monthly fees.
Daily Mail is known for trackers, unwanted popups and general garbage.
I just went to their homepage. Ad Block Plus is reporting 229 items blocked and Ghostery is blocking 18 trackers. Beware.
Just FYI for people thinking about getting a VPN as I recently was. If shopping for a VPN read up on criteria (jurisdiction location,logging etc). I would avoid free VPN services as the adage goes “if you’re not the customer, you’re the product.” A good site for some basic info.
https://restoreprivacy.com/best-vpn/
After studying I narrowed my choices down to ExpressVPN, SurfShark and NordVPN (not Norton that Hannity plugs alot).
I kept hearing positive things about surfshark so I bought a 2-year sub for 1.99/month via their website (that price is still active). Surprisingly the 2-year deal for 47.76 was cheaper than the 1 year deal (71.88), so why not. It’s 500+ servers, has been open-audited and certified no logs and operates on RAMdisk. I have experimented so far with various US and European servers and been pleased with the speed.
I’m no expert but just adding my two cents having recently added the VPN service at home.
Frack Mozilla and everything they make.
If I were dicatator I would ban web beacons, assign the NSA to identify every web site guilty of them, and shut down the web sites.