<p>According to the article <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-microsoft-edge-secure-network-to-protect-your-browsing-885472e2-7847-4d89-befb-c80d3dda6318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted on Microsoft</a>, the company started testing a Microsoft Edge Secure Network.</p>
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<p>Microsoft Edge Secure Network is a service that secures your browsing session by sending the data through an encrypted tunnel. This new service is powered by Cloudflare, a global network designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable. Please have in mind that this is not a real VPN solution and that the Edge Secure network is intended to only encrypt your data in order to stay protected, especially in cases when you are using public Wi-Fi connections.</p>
<p>The Edge Secure Network is designed to prevent online tracking and keep your location private but it will not trick a remote server into thinking you are working from another IP location. It&#8217;s worth saying that the browser will collect a small amount of data that is required to access the service. Cloudflare will delete the collected data at the end of each month.</p>
<p>Microsoft has noted that a small shield icon will appear on the Edge URL which will indicate that the Secure Network is active. Data connection is not limited and you&#8217;ll be able to use 1GB of free data every month, but you&#8217;ll need a Microsoft account to unlock that. Microsoft will probably in the near future offer additional Edge Secure Network secured data for an additional fee.</p>
<p>Microsoft still hasn&#8217;t said when the Microsoft Edge Secure Network will be out of preview and released to a stable channel branch.</p>