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…

I am no longer using Proton VPN on Mac but anyone who is, can you please test this on your end to share your views either to invalidate or corroborate this issue? Please share your views and experience. [image] Overall-Bet3743: “Kill Switch on Mac will not prevent your device from connecting to…

[image] Overall-Bet3743: ProtonVPN should be removed from recommendations as its kill switch for MacOs is known to not work This is an issue from the Apple side, not from Proton . [image] Overall-Bet3743: Yet, even on Linux, the kill switch apparently does not always work There are wor…

[image] anon57862721: original article linked in the OP’s post you have linked to is from 2022 and is more than 3 years old. I doubt if it’s still factual. You’d be surprised. Others in the forum have confirmed it’s still an issue ProtonVPN IP Leakage on Linux and Workaround Proton tends to …

[image] anonymous484: This is an issue from the Apple side, not from Proton This doesn’t describe the same issue at all

Some time has passed since then to now. Perhaps no longer an issue. Also, we are talking about macOS here. But OP has linked to posts talking about Linux. Hence my first comment. Also, WireGuard is now default on Linux. Issue with OpenVPN may not even apply which is what the original article says. …

[image] anon57862721: Yes. This is expected behavior and has always been the case. Please read the reddit post this quote from ProtonVPN is coming from (I’m sorry it is currently blocked for you). [image] anon57862721: Kill switches are meant for between server switches or an automatic d…

[image] Overall-Bet3743: Privacy Guides clarifies the acceptable standard a ‘kill switch’ should meet for the VPN to be recommended. 100%. What is the point of a kill switch being one of the minimum requirements if we don’t remove a service when the kill switch is demonstrably broken on multi…

[image] anon57862721: Also, WireGuard is now default on Linux. Issue with OpenVPN may not even apply which is what the original article says That is not what the article says and the user reports I linked to come after that change was made

[image] anonymous484: This is an issue from the Apple side, not from Proton . No, Privacy Guides already makes note of this in their recommendations page and this problem is specifically noted as being a Mac Intel problem (not silicone). I am describing a different issue.

I disagree and reject the arguments made in this post. Just because there may be an issue with a VPN on one operating system does not mean that it cannot be fixed in a future software update, and therefore should not be a reason for removal. ProtonVPN is reputable enough and has yet to do anything t…

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You’d be surprised. Others in the forum have confirmed it’s still an issue ProtonVPN IP Leakage on Linux and Workaround

Proton tends to move at truly glacial speeds, especially on linux.

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