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submitted 1 year ago by Shkshkshk@dice.camp to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is ProtonVPN worth it?

Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven't gotten into proper #piracy is that I don't have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don't have a VPN is that I don't #torrent. So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while #degoogling myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don't hide what you're downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don't fully understand.

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

I've been torrenting with Proton VPN for years. No problems. Well, one problem when using Linux because the app didn't support port forwarding but I think they fixed that. Anyway, no issues on Windows.

[-] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 7 points 1 year ago

@akilou good to know about the Linux, I am a Linux user

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

This is lemmy. That's a given at this point lol.

[-] odium@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Op is actually on mastadon. Still the fediverse, so the Linux rule still applies imo.

[-] stifle867@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

The new app only officially supports limited distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora). The CLI isn't updated to v4 yet. You can still connect to the VPN by downloading the config files (OpenVPN or Wireguard) and connecting through, e.g., wg-quick https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/

It's weird, because despite not having port forwarding on Linux I've never had any problems torrenting.

[-] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 0 points 1 year ago

@stifle867 interesting. I would prefer to have port-forwarding to cover my ass, though. I personally use Zorin OS, which is based on Debian, so maybe it might work?

[-] stifle867@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Port forwarding is not a cover your ass privacy feature, it's a compatibility feature.

I just did a quick search and yes, Zorin OS is based on Ubuntu so it will be able to work with all the regular Ubuntu packages such as those provided by Proton VPN.

[-] eclipse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Last I checked the Flatpak is an old version of Proton VPN. Look up how to get the beta release for your distro to get the latest features.

[-] boerbiet@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

And in case anyone wonders, it works fine in BSD as well. I have a jail with rTorrent which is locked to the VPN connection and uses a cronjob to keep port forwarding active 🙂.