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.

  • Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 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.

    • wall_inhabiter@lemdro.idEnglish
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      9 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.