# ProtonVPN Additional note: Killswitch failure and IP Leakage on Linux

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/protonvpn-additional-note-killswitch-failure-and-ip-leakage-on-linux/33842
**Category:** Site Development
**Tags:** approved
**Created:** 2025-12-14T22:37:07Z
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## Post 67 by @lyricism — 2026-03-13T13:54:02Z

> [@Video demo: Proton kill switch not working as described on macOS](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/video-demo-proton-kill-switch-not-working-as-described-on-macos/36223/9):
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> If I were to guess I’d say there was some collaboration with Apple. What they described was:
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> ![](https://forum-cdn.privacyguides.net/user_avatar/discuss.privacyguides.net/proton_team/48/4756_2.png)[Video demo: Proton kill switch not working as described on macOS](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/video-demo-proton-kill-switch-not-working-as-described-on-macos/36223/9)
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> > baking the protections into the network stack itself to ensure that the protected tunnel must always be retained even when the connection is interrupted - either accidentally, or during server switches

There is literally zero chance Apple is working with Proton on modifications to the macOS network stack. Much more likely to just be poor wording.

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