What is an evil twin attack, and should they worry you?

January 26th, 2024 in Privacy deep dives

An evil twin attack is a cyberattack that occurs when an attacker  sets up a malicious WiFi network that mimics a legitimate one, often in…

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The ultimate guide to torrenting

December 3rd, 2021 in How-to

Torrenting is an incredibly fast and efficient way to distribute large files over the internet. Although often considered to be synonymous with piracy, there are…

OpenVPN vs. WireGuard

November 25th, 2021 in Privacy deep dives

Update March 2023: While WireGuard continues to officially only support UDP, Proton VPN has now developed an implementation of WireGuard that runs over TCP. In…

What is an SSID and should you hide yours?

November 18th, 2021 in Privacy basics

This aricloe was expanded and updated Novemebr 2023. An SSID is the name of a wireless network. Learn how SSIDs work, how to find your…

Proton VPN’s Digital Freedom Index

November 10th, 2021 in Privacy deep dives

Which countries have the most digital freedom? Digital freedom is something that much of society takes for granted, but, unfortunately, online liberty doesn’t exist for…

What is PPTP?

November 5th, 2021 in Privacy deep dives

The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a VPN protocol used to secure the connection between your device and a VPN server. One of the oldest…

Black Friday 2021: Get up to 50% off Proton VPN Plus with our special year-end offer

November 1st, 2021 in Proton News

For a limited time only, new users, users on our Free plan, Proton VPN Basic plan or Proton VPN Plus 1-month plan can get Proton…

WireGuard speed, Proton privacy

October 13th, 2021 in Releases

In 2017, we launched Proton VPN to defeat censorship and protect activists, journalists, and ordinary people on the internet. Since then, we’ve continued to build…

How to choose the right VPN

How to choose the right VPN

October 10th, 2021 in How-to

As governments around the world ramp up mass surveillance on their own citizens, the search for online privacy has driven many people to adopt the…

Proton VPN expands to 61 countries!

October 7th, 2021 in Service Updates

We are happy to announce the addition of the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, and Nigeria to the Proton VPN network, with Georgia following in the…

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