The Proton VPN browser extension is here
Neat. But for whatever reason when I turned on the vpn through the browser extension I started seeing promoted posts in reddit.
So dumb question. As a ProtonVPN user already, what’s the benefit of having a browser extension?
Is it so you are just VPN’ing data inside the browser session? Or would prefer to click a button in a browser instead of the normal ProtonVPN dialog to toggle the connection on/off?
Better port-forwarding and Linux app next?
Just a heads up to folks before they install the add-on…
Proton VPN browser extension requires a proton plus subscription…
you guys serious? The addon is not compatible with firefox ESR…??
it’s supposed to be the opposite…
You likely have some sort of DNS based ad blocker, and the VPN is in essence bypassing it. I’m not familiar how an extension VPN would work but it’s also possible the VPN’s privacy is also keeping your data private from other extensions which could also be a reason why the ad blocker doesn’t work.
Might be a good future improvement to add in a privacy focused DNS server with the Browser extension VPN or allow custom DNS with it.
I have one application that will not run through a VPN (it’s hyper-time-critical). So now I can use a VPN for my browser traffic, but keep the ISP ‘channel’ for that application. I just have to watch that nothing else wants out…
Me. I did. This was the only reason I still had a Nord sub, for per browser profile control. I work from my personal computer and keep things separate with different Firefox profiles. With the browser extension I can have my work profile off VPN as mandated by my employer while my personal profile is protected.
That makes sense I guess. I use adguard which is configured to use cloudflares dns.
Thanks that makes sense.
Use ublock origin on Firefox.
I am, and I have the filter that is specifically for promoted posts in reddit enabled which is why I didn’t understand why I’m seeing them only when using the vpn through the browser extension.