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Why do you need JavaScript, Session Storage, and Cookies?

Proton VPN does encryption and decryption of your account details in the web browser when you log in to yout Proton VPN account.

In order to do encryption and decryption in your web browser, we need to use JavaScript for the encryption/decryption and SessionStorage for saving your private key(s) locally. Proton VPN also requires cookies to be enabled so that we can store your current session information and log you into your account.

Javascript

To enable Javascript in your browser, please follow the instructions here.

sessionStorage

To enable sessionStorage in your browser, please follow the instructions here.

Cookies

To enable cookies in your browser, please follow the instructions here.

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