Why should this tool be removed? ProtonVPN should be removed from recommendations as its kill switch for MacOs is known to not work: When switching to another ProtonVPN server On computer boot up → In both of these instances, the user’s real IP becomes exposed to any online service it is connect…

Listen folks. The reason this thread is so ridiculous is because nobody can decide what they think the problem actually is. I think there are really three problems here, while everything else seems irrelevant to Proton VPN itself. Pick the problem you actually care about and talk about it there: Wh…

[image] fiqiluvo.epileto: Policing service providers for their marketing strategies/VPN client misbehavior is outrageous. it is literally a criteria With the VPN providers we recommend we like to see responsible marketing. At this point all these VPN discussions are kind of stale. Basica…

People have pointed out in this post that Mullvad VPN and IVPN also do not or will not support kill switch functionality on iOS. Someone should firstly verify if that is true. Secondly, if it is true, someone should look into why that is. If it’s because (a) the VPN product itself is technically un…

[image] ignoramous: What’s that big picture? If it doesn’t work like a kill switch, then it shouldn’t be named “kill switch”. They can call it whatever else, like “weak kill switch”. Granted, I’m not good at naming things. All of this derails from my #1 recommendation. [image] anon61753…

[image] anonymous420: kill switch functionality on iOS Proton fails on Linux, where kill switches are possible. Commentators have also alleged the same on MacOS, but I am unsure if it is actually possible on the platform (since I don’t use it), Mac users can correct me. It not working in iOS…

▶ offtopic [image] anon61753997: All of this derails from my #1 recommendation. You named your recommendation aptly. You’re indeed proposing weaker guarantees which deviate away from what both PG & public VPN providers claim to enforce. [image] Change Proposal on Privacy Guides Recommended V…

I guess because there was so much discussion during the holidays, the internal deliberations may be taking longer to come up with a plan to address this properly while trying to keep maintaining the goal for what PG does. I’m only comfortable giving them til the end of the month at most since many …

[image] anon57862721: I guess because there was so much discussion during the holidays, the internal deliberations may be taking longer to come up with a plan to address this properly while trying to keep maintaining the goal for what PG does. This is kind of what I figured. They do seem to m…

Was there any sort of resolution to all the VPN criteria disputes?

[image] Remove IVPN hammer_and_wrenchTool Suggestions @nateb whatever came of this? There has been noticable silence from @staff on this thread and the related ones. Hopefully 4 weeks is patience enough. Just hoping to get any sort of update about these is…

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anonymous520 (anonymous520) January 16, 2026, 4:33pm 137

is @jonah or @staff going to respond to any of these VPN posts that came out during the holidays? It seems odd to let these issues of reccomendations possibly not meeting the criteria get buried.

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