My honest take on Proton VPN—worth the switch?
https://news.itsfoss.com/switched-to-proton-vpn-thoughts/
I Switched to Proton VPN and Here's What I Honestly Think About It
Proton VPN is an impressive solution. Here's my experience with it.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Robin Banks
in reply to It's FOSS • • •I use a hybrid of ProtonVPN and MullvadVPN, both very good choices for VPN, strong data security and privacy protections.
Especially with Mullvad being able to pay with cash you essentially disconnect yourself from the account that is also a series of randomly generated numbers.
Both solid VPN's. Great suggestion.
It's FOSS
in reply to Robin Banks • • •Felix
in reply to It's FOSS • • •I only use #MullvadVPN and it works for me - unlike #protonVPN.
The main issue with proton is that I cannot exclude some apps. Usually I have a 3 browser setup: Tor Browser for general reading, Mullvad Browser with VPN for services where I login and Firefox for sites without VPN (like online banking). Just create a *.desktop file to run "mullvad-exclude firefox" and it works.
With Proton I would have to setup a VM for non-vpn browsing.
David Sardari
in reply to It's FOSS • • •https://fedifreu.de/@duxsco/113738393315336310
TintedKiwi
in reply to It's FOSS • • •My experience with their new GTK app is mostly fine. I’ve not had any crashes or issues that prevent me from using it. The app is now included in the Arch Extra repository which is cool.
It did occasionally “forget” that I was signed in. Contacting support was a waste of time; just giving me the standard “Arch is not a supported distro” line. The AUR package was using the Ubuntu deb package 🙄
They should work on improving the startup; it takes a few seconds before anything is usable.