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.

  • LinkEnglish
    80·
    8 months ago

    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.

    Source?

    • wall_inhabiterEnglish
      14·
      8 months ago8 months ago

      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/

      • TelorandEnglish
        80·
        8 months ago

        It’s actually more complicated than that.

        https://www.wired.com/story/protonmail-amends-policy-after-giving-up-activists-data/

        As usual, the devil is in the details—ProtonMail’s original policy simply said that the service does not keep IP logs “by default.” However, as a Swiss company, ProtonMail was obliged to comply with a Swiss court’s demand that it begin logging IP address and browser fingerprint information for a particular ProtonMail account.

        ProtonMail also operates a VPN service called ProtonVPN, and it points out that Swiss law prohibits the country’s courts from compelling a VPN service to log IP addresses.

        So ProtonMail is the problematic service, since it can be compelled by courts to log. ProtonVPN cannot be compelled to start logging.

        • wall_inhabiterEnglish
          14·
          8 months ago

          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

    • wall_inhabiterEnglish
      14·
      8 months ago8 months ago

      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

        • wall_inhabiterEnglish
          11·
          8 months ago

          Have you ever heard the phrase “fool me twice, shame on me”

          • TelorandEnglish
            10·
            8 months ago

            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.

            • wall_inhabiterEnglish
              11·
              8 months ago

              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