ProtonAug 6, 2024

Proton VPN's mission is to ensure freedom of speech and fight online censorship everywhere. Here's what we're doing to help:

🥷Windows Stealth: Disguise #VPN traffic

🆕 New servers: in 12 critical countries on the Freedom House Index and the Democracy Index

🥸 Discreet Icon: Disguise the #ProtonVPN app on #Android

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Show threadProtonAug 6, 2024

Here's how to use the stealth protocol: https://protonvpn.com/blog/stealth-vpn-protocol

And here's how to disguise your #ProtonVPN app on Android: https://protonvpn.com/support/disguise-app-icon

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Show threadJoshua ChalifourAug 6, 2024
@protonprivacy It's a shame that once again Proton has treated Linux as an afterthought, with no support for Stealth. I'm a long time paying customer, still waiting for Linux parity with the other platforms on VPN and Drive. Very disappointing.
Show threadAM_PS4Aug 6, 2024

@owlyph @protonprivacy Even just the quality of the UI is extremely poor next to Windows and Android. I'd rather have the (MANY) missing features, of course, but in their absence, it'd be nice not to have what looks like a programmer's quick "let me get it done before they pull me off Linux" rush job.

Proton: I appreciate a ton of what you do, and I understand Linux is a much smaller user base. But there's a limit to how far you can let it lag behind.

Show threadIanOct 27, 2024

@AM_PS4 @owlyph @protonprivacy, but a very good thing is that the code is open source. It is possible for someone not working at Proton to improve the graphical interface or make a new one.

Personally, I would much prefer to have a non-graphical interface (a command-line interface) in addition to the missing features. 🤓

Show threadAM_PS4
@robianhood @owlyph @protonprivacy There is a CLI of sorts. It's very limited, but if you're not able to use their app for whatever reason, you can save out a profile for the server you want from the web site and launch a connection from a terminal by pointing at that profile. I poked around with it a bit when their RPM wouldn't install on SUSE Tumbleweed.
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Show threadIanOct 28, 2024
@AM_PS4 @owlyph @protonprivacy, exactly what I am doing currently (on Alpine Linux). However, I am going to try and compile their app myself at some point to get the full features of Proton VPN. Most of the code is Python.