Can't bind Proton VPN to qBittorrent on Linux
I like to run qBittorrent on a Linux laptop to try and minimize the risk of Microsoft tracking what I'm doing and to protect my main system from viruses. I'm having an issue with it though. When I go into Advanced and select Network Interface, Proton VPN is not an option there. I only get lo, eno1, wlp4s0, ipv6leakintrf0, and tun0.
How can I get it to bind to the VPN so that I don't have to worry about it freaking out and sending unencrypted data through qBit?
EDIT: I also tried torrenting Ubuntu and killing the VPN just to test it out. It didn't stop downloading and uploading when I did that.
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How about you use MullVad?
I'm not being a dick. Proton had enough info on French climate activists to sell them out.
Extinction Rebellion types may be the most anemic politics I've seen in my life, so the idea they're locking up people attracted to something that lame... it's like locking me up for piracy. Fuck Proton.
Also Mullvad server's are way better for p2p and they don't try to get more money out of you.
Are you escaping NATO intelligence with my knowledge here? Fuck no. Look at Mullvaf's servers list and it's basically a rundown of every country whose security situation is bad enough that it likely permits the CIA to do what it wants.
Also your OS is compromised.
Source?
This is very easy to google (oh wait fuck i sound uncool now i meant http://xo.wtf/ search 🥲) there are hella articles about this. I don't think either of these articles are where I read about it so retweets are not endorsements and all haha if they say some dumb shit in them I'm not reading Tech Journalism rn
https://web.archive.org/https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/6/22659861/protonmail-swiss-court-order-french-climate-activist-arrest-identification
https://web.archive.org/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/
It's actually more complicated than that.
https://www.wired.com/story/protonmail-amends-policy-after-giving-up-activists-data/
So ProtonMail is the problematic service, since it can be compelled by courts to log. ProtonVPN cannot be compelled to start logging.
Oh yeah I heard that part already, it's more abt the org being compromised. WIRED regularly publishes articles that are clearly in coordination with the state department, by the way.
I'm too noided about this stuff, I have no reason to talk shit about Mullvad other than the locations of their servers and knowing that feds have high level wiretaps at datacenters that pretty much none of us can get around, and I'm still talking shit about them
Go listen to feds talking about their training in "physical penetration" if you want to know more lol. They go brag about this shit
Why are you downvoting losers lol??? They clearly are able to give your shit to police even if you pay them $50/year or something. You're welcome, redditors
Only if you use ProtonMail. ProtonVPN is subject to different laws.
https://www.wired.com/story/protonmail-amends-policy-after-giving-up-activists-data/
Have you ever heard the phrase "fool me twice, shame on me"
Yes. But people are allowed to make their own informed choices for themselves. I'm not here to tell people what risk is acceptable for them.
Well yea I'm clearly in agreement with ya since I only told OP this due to them expressing a worry abt privacy, they deserve to know. I almost began shoving instructions for switching to Linux down their throat haha
Mullvad doesn't have port forwarding.
Are you saying I couldn't run a minecraft server off it if I wanted to, for instance?
If that is going to be an issue, thanks for letting me know in advance. That's kinda important 😭😭
OP doesn't event understand ports or interfaces.
Because I already pay for Proton for drive, mail, and other services. I've used Mullvad in the past, and I definitely prefer it as a simple torrenting VPN, but Proton offers a lot more.
That's valid but I would still go with options that don't bill themselves as private only to hand over info to feds. I like Tuta.mail because they don't try to get a phone number out of me lol. Cloud services are abundant. You do you though, I get the feeling neither of us is slinging MDMA and privacy is just a technical requirement.
Don't listen to them. Mullvad is a bad VPN for torrenting, they don't even have port forwarding. Also tun0 is what you want to bind your qBittorrent to.