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…

the question i still have is, is it really a fault of proton or apple?

Earlier in the thread @privacycarrot tested and confirmed the issue is specific to ProtonVPN by comparing against Mullvad [image] privacycarrot: Mullvad Does my IP leak when I switch VPN servers? % curl --interface en0 https://ifconfig.me curl: (6) Could not resolve host: ifconfig.me % curl…

Did you read the thread? Am I being whooshed?

For the strongest security regarding VPN kill switches, we always recommend hardware solutions, such as a pocket router or a router in general. We are not removing Proton VPN for something that amounts to a platform implementation issue with macOS/iOS (making it Apple’s responsibility ).

Kind of laughable they think we get paid by ProtonVPN, where’s my money! Fyi i don’t even use ProtonVPN or any of their products and everyone knows that.

As the original poster to this thread, I would like to say that I am equally pleased to see that people are taking the issue seriously (although it took a while and I think the first 9 reactions to the post were thumbs down), and equally dismayed to see so many people that have either not read my po…

That to me sounds like a platform issue in regard to not clearing out the routing table. [image] Overall-Bet3743: Important note: As we have reported, Apple’s macOS and iOS operating systems don’t close all existing connections when you connect to a VPN, specifically certain DNS queries from A…

Submitted to @team for approval: update!: Remove ProtonVPN (#3203) main ← remove-protonvpn opened 07:51PM - 10 Mar 26 UTC (UTC) [image] jonahar…

[image] dngray: for something that amounts to a platform implementation issue with macOS/iOS ( There’s 200+ replies in this thread. Which replies did you miss to arrive at this conclusion? [image] Remove ProtonVPN hammer_and_wrenchTool Suggestions on i…

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