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Can't bind Proton VPN to qBittorrent on Linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I like to run qBittorrent on a Linux laptop to try and minimize the risk of Microsoft tracking what I'm doing and to protect my main system from viruses. I'm having an issue with it though. When I go into Advanced and select Network Interface, Proton VPN is not an option there. I only get lo, eno1, wlp4s0, ipv6leakintrf0, and tun0.

How can I get it to bind to the VPN so that I don't have to worry about it freaking out and sending unencrypted data through qBit?

EDIT: I also tried torrenting Ubuntu and killing the VPN just to test it out. It didn't stop downloading and uploading when I did that.

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[–] Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Because I already pay for Proton for drive, mail, and other services. I've used Mullvad in the past, and I definitely prefer it as a simple torrenting VPN, but Proton offers a lot more.

[–] wall_inhabiter@lemdro.id 1 points 6 months ago

That's valid but I would still go with options that don't bill themselves as private only to hand over info to feds. I like Tuta.mail because they don't try to get a phone number out of me lol. Cloud services are abundant. You do you though, I get the feeling neither of us is slinging MDMA and privacy is just a technical requirement.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Don't listen to them. Mullvad is a bad VPN for torrenting, they don't even have port forwarding. Also tun0 is what you want to bind your qBittorrent to.