Hey! Ive just got Fedora 39 on my PC. I’m new into Linux, but I liked the way Fedora looks and so on. But as a former windows user, I was glad to use Proton VPN. On windows it just worked well, and my local Broadcaster homepage didn’t notice that I was using, Secure Core, via example Switzerland though a server in my country. But now, when I use Proton VPN in fedora, the broadcaster notice that my internet goes via another country, and dosnt let me whatch. I juse the App I found on Flatpak. Is there something I should investigate more , of some easy tweaks to make it work well again?

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzMEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Don’t use Flatpak etc for VPNs, it’s limited, insecure and pointless.

    It’s highly likely that the Flatpak version is not routing your DNS queries, thus leaking your location. I wouldn’t be surprised if other traffic is being leaked as well.

    Since you’re on normal Fedora, just use the normal app (.rpm): https://protonvpn.com/support/official-linux-vpn-fedora/. Don’t use the CLI version though, as it’s still on the old version (v3).

      • 4z01235@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        You can use it for normal applications that aren’t sort of “system components” like a VPN. So if you want to install some office/productivity software, or a web browser, or a music/video player, then a Flatpak would be a reasonable choice. For most of those cases you would probably still choose the RPM if it is available, but Flatpak is also fine if not.

  • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 months ago

    I’ve always preferred to use OpenVPN configuration files for setting up VPNs on Linux, rather than using the VPN providers app.

    Basically, you need to install a few packages: openvpn and networkmanager-openvpn. This second one is optional, but it allows you to simply pick a VPN connection from the same drop-down applet you connect to WiFi from.

    Then, all you do is head to https://account.protonvpn.com/downloads, download the OpenVPN configuration files, extract them somewhere, then use the network manager menu to pick one of the servers. When you’re adding the connection, it’ll require your VPN login info. This isn’t the same as your regular login though, to find that, head to https://account.protonvpn.com/account, and the credentials are listed under “OpenVPN/IKEv2 Username”.

    Once this is setup, connecting to a VPN is as simple as opening your network applet, then clicking on your VPN of choice. You can add as many VPN connections as you want to switch between servers easily. Really handy to not need a VPN providers’ specific app just to connect to a server.

  • FriedRice@lemmy.mlOP
    1·
    6 months ago

    Hey! Thank you all for the support. Well im trying to learn all the wonders of Linux. Ive now installed the app with the terminal, it didnt help with my problem, maybe my browser sends some location?, but now ive got the official app, and that feels more secure. thank you.

    • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
      3·
      6 months ago

      Try to completely delete your browser data, cookies, cache, etc.

      The website might’ve set a cookie or something in your browser that marks your location when the VPN wasn’t working properly and is using this now to identify you despite the fixed VPN.

    • Mechanize@feddit.it
      2·
      6 months ago

      Considering you are not using the Flatpak anymore it is, indeed, strange. The only reasons I can think of are: your network manager is using the wrong network interface to route your traffic ( if you go on an ip checking site like for example ipinfo do you see yours or the VPN’s IP?) or that you have WebRTC enabled and the broadcaster is getting your real ip through that.

      For the first case it can get pretty complicated, but it is probably an error during the installation of the VPN app or you set up multiple network managers and it gets confused on which one to configure. You should also enable the Advanced Kill Switch in the configuration.

      For the second case you could try adding something like the Disable WebRTC add-on for firefox and check if it works. Remember to enable it for Private Windows too.

      The last thing I can think of is that you allowed the broadcaster to get your real geolocation (in firefox it should be a small icon on the left of the address bar), or you are leaking some kind of information somewhere: there are a bunch of site that check for ip leak, but I don’t know if that goes too deep for you.
      If you want to check anyway the first two results from DDG are browserleaks and ipleak. Mullvad offered one too but it is currently down.

      EDIT: If you enable the Advanced Kill Switch, and the app is working correctly, internet will not work while you are not connected to a VPN server or until you disable the switch again, so pay attention to that.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
    1·
    6 months ago

    Use the official app.

    Remember that many Flatpak apps are not the “official” version. Go directly to the website, when possible. Just like Windows.