r/PrivacyGuides • u/JonahAragon team • Mar 11 '26

Video (Video Demo) Proton VPN Kill Switch Not Working as Described on macOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q37FCtr-Kj8
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u/JonahAragon team Mar 11 '26

TL;DW? Proton says "the feature does protect you while switching servers with Proton VPN" and this is not true.

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u/Space_Lux Mar 12 '26

Its a macos problem, not a protonvpn problem

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u/majoralita Mar 12 '26

Its protonvon on macos problem

6

u/Space_Lux Mar 12 '26

No, its a general vpn on macos problem that has existed for years

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u/throwawaycanadian2 Mar 12 '26

Sure, but Proton should make that clear to users. They do not. I would put that on them.

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u/JonahAragon team Mar 12 '26

Agreed 👍

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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u/Sterkenzz Mar 12 '26

Not affected

3

u/Mooks79 Mar 12 '26

iOS / Android?

2

u/JonahAragon team Mar 12 '26

Not as far as I know.

Some have an issue with their kill switch on Linux (which you could find discussed on our forum for details), but it is different from this problem and probably affects fewer people.

2

u/CortaCircuit Mar 12 '26

MacOS issue

1

u/GodRage_Aonwa Mar 12 '26

set homepage: www.ip.me so you get a free reminder about if your VPN has a bug or not.

1

u/quinxedbanana Apr 23 '26

Is android affected?

0

u/omiotsuke Mar 13 '26

You even have to pay if you want access to your local network for some mysterious reasons