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Romania is the 35th country to join the Proton VPN network. Now anyone can
browse the Internet using a Romanian IP address.
Proton VPN is a powerful tool that can protect your online data from being
monitored by your Internet service provider or sto
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With our new Estonia VPN servers, Proton VPN now offers access to private
Internet via 34 countries. These servers are another secure and private option
for our users in the Baltic and Eastern Europe.
It is becoming more critical for you to secure y
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ON MAY 30, WE HELD OUR SECOND POLL TO ASK YOU WHERE YOU WANT US TO INSTALL NEW
VPN SERVERS. THOUSANDS OF YOU RESPONDED, AND TODAY WE ARE READY TO ANNOUNCE THE
RESULTS.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our second VPN servers poll! We’re
seri
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WE’RE EXCITED TO ADD TO OUR GROWING LIST OF SERVERS IN MORE AND MORE COUNTRIES.
OUR BULGARIA VPN SERVERS BRING PROTON VPN TO THE BALKANS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
As Proton VPN continues its aggressive expansion, we’re pleased to install our
new Bulgaria
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UPDATE: As of February 2020, we have applied full-disk encryption to all Proton
VPN servers.
Attacks from nation states may not be part of your threat model, but they are
part of ours. We’re happy to announce an important security upgrade that will
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RUSSIA IS THE 32ND COUNTRY TO JOIN THE PROTON VPN NETWORK. THESE SERVERS WILL
OFFER SECURE AND PRIVATE INTERNET ACCESS TO THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
Over the past year, we have received many requests, both on social media and
through our supp
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Update March 2023: This article is largely out of date. Our macOS app now
supports the IKEv2, OpenVPN UDP, OpenVPN TCP, WireGuard, WireGuard TCP, and
Stealth VPN protocols. We have also implemented a kill switch on the Proton VPN
app for iOS and iPad
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OUR NEW IOS AND MACOS APPS NOW COME WITH ALWAYS-ON VPN, A FEATURE THAT PROTECTS
YOU FROM VPN DISCONNECTS.
Update: As of version 1.5.3, the Always-On VPN setting is no longer visible in
Settings. The feature is always enabled by default for security
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ISRAEL IS THE 31ST COUNTRY TO JOIN THE PROTON VPN NETWORK. THESE SERVERS SHOULD
HELP IMPROVE LATENCY FOR PROTON VPN USERS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
It is important that our users have a secure and private connection to the
Internet no mat
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We installed four new servers in Portugal this week as we continue to grow in
response to demand from users. We continue to work our way through our community
poll in which Portugal placed 14th.
We may be growing swiftly but we have never lost our f
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The demand for safe, private Internet browsing has been increasing all over the
world but especially in Europe. This has been driving our expansion. We will not
stop until everyone has access to our secure and fast VPN service. We have now
introduced