ProtonVPN Blog

We’re happy to be the first VPN provider to open source apps on all platforms (Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS) and undergo an independent security audit. Transparency, ethics, and security are at the core of the Internet we want to build and the reason why we built ProtonVPN in the first place. We launched ProtonVPN […]

ProtonVPN has many advantages you are probably already aware of. Because a VPN hides your true location from advertisers, governments, and hackers, it is a powerful way to take control of your online privacy. In addition, because a VPN encrypts all the data you send and receive online, it protects you against data leaks and […]

Smart TVs are essentially televisions that can watch you. Their surge in popularity, along with smart speakers, means corporations (and anyone that can hack these devices) have another window through which they can view your private activity. The data collection that typifies the Internet is spilling over into your offline life — and invading your […]

A brand new version of ProtonVPN’s Android app is now available which includes OpenVPN support and better connection stability. If you are an Android ProtonVPN user, you can now choose between using IKEv2 or OpenVPN by installing the new 2.0 version of our app.  Most VPN providers only offer one major protocol, typically IKEv2 for […]

Following months of inaction from Vodafone, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media, we are making a public appeal to them to lift their block on our VPN services or face a formal complaint to Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator. These Internet service providers (ISPs) have blocked the ProtonVPN website since early August, even though the British Board […]

On Dec. 4, security researchers at the IT security site SecLists announced a security flaw known as CVE-2019-14899 that affects all VPNs that use the OpenVPN protocol and most VPNs that use the IKEv2/IPSec protocol In narrow circumstances. This vulnerability cannot be used for mass surveillance. It allows attackers to actively probe (or “guess”) what […]

YouTube is a global platform that has over two billion unique users each month from all around the world. Unfortunately, this does not mean that everyone can access every video. Users trying to access videos face numerous restrictions. Depending on which country you are in, certain videos will be blocked, a process called geoblocking. Anyone […]

Moldova is the 43rd country to join the ProtonVPN network. These servers allow anyone in the world to browse the Internet with a Moldovan IP address and should improve latency for our users in Eastern Europe. We installed eight new VPN servers in a data center in Chisinau. They are available to users on one […]

Update Nov. 30, 2019: Because ProtonVPN only offers discounts once per year, we have decided to extend our Black Friday promotion until 11:59 PM on Dec. 8, 2019, San Francisco. (That’s 2:59 AM Dec. 9 in New York and 8:59 AM Dec. 9 in Geneva, Switzerland.) This extension will give anyone who wasn’t able to […]