From the team;

Hi everyone,

As you may know, we released our fully rewritten Proton VPN app for Linux in October 2023, and we’re now making sure it catches up with the rest of the Proton VPN apps in terms of the features it offers.

In November, we added Secure Core, and today, we’re adding the Advanced Kill Switch.

This feature prevents all outgoing and incoming connections outside the VPN interface, meaning that your device will not be able to access the internet unless you connect to one of our VPN servers. You can learn more about how to set it up here: https://protonvpn.com/support/permanent-kill-switch/

More on how to install the Proton VPN Linux app in our support article here: https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/

We want to thank everyone who contributed during the alpha and beta phases by testing, giving feedback, and submitting suggestions for improvement. Your input is invaluable. And we’d like to keep getting it!

Please share your thoughts below so we can continue to make improvements based on your needs.

Stay safe,

The Proton VPN Team

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Proton is a business. And ultimately to remain profitable they have to cater to the majority, and unfortunately the majority continue to use inherently insecure software and platforms. It makes no sense to me from an individual perspective (paying for something like Proton while using an OS full of malware and spyware or a platform that’s hoarding and brokering your data) but it makes a lot of sense from a business perspective. If you want to be angry, be angry with the users.

    • UckyBon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      210·
      8 months ago

      I mean, Reddit is their target audience, if that doesn’t tell you enough about the company…

      • Nelizea@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Reddit isn’t their target audience. The reddit community is small compared to the user base in the big picture.

        • vexikron@lemmy.zipEnglish
          36·
          8 months ago

          Neither does the fact that they gave up the email account of a climate protestor when subpoena’d to do so, but everyone wants to just memory hole that whenever I bring it up on lemmy or scream about how /obviously/ a company that presents itself as secure and privacy respecting has to comply with the law!

          Nevermind that there are more secure and privacy respecting alternatives for both VPNs and Email. Shh. Not important.

          • Nelizea@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
            7·
            8 months ago

            Neither does the fact that they gave up the email account of a climate protestor when subpoena’d to do so, but everyone wants to just memory hole that whenever I bring it up on lemmy or scream about how /obviously/ a company that presents itself as secure and privacy respecting has to comply with the law!

            Nevermind that there are more secure and privacy respecting alternatives for both VPNs and Email. Shh. Not important.

            Oh come on, still beating that dead horse? Isn’t it already way dead? Protecting or offering privacy does not mean lawless state. Proton is protecting its users privacy and at the same time, as a swiss company, has to follow swiss laws. The only law that matters is Swiss law.

            By the way, about climate protestor, maybe it is time to get the facts straight. It is never mentioned and conviently left out always:

            Also, the charges leveraged in the French case were theft and destruction of property, which were well evidenced, substantiated, and quite serious crimes. Their identity was known to police already.

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            Find me a company that will refuse to comply with a lawful order from the Swiss government and I’ll switch today. Until then, you have nothing to complain about.