ProtonVPN has now audited and open source clients. #1658
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The upgraded ProtonVPN section becomes inconsistent with the Mullvad section above which has a direct link to the audit rather than a link to
an advertisementa blog post.@ -37,1 +36,4 @@
<p>Mullvad supports the future of networking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6">IPv6</a>. Their network allows users to <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2014/9/15/ipv6-support/">access services hosted on IPv6</a> as opposed to other providers who block IPv6 connections.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Remote Port Forwarding</span></h5>
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
So where is the audit? Mullvad above has a direct link.
Oh, please also change
Recommended VPN Service
to plural as this PR results to there being two and the previous section saysOther Providers Worth Mentioning
which should probably become singular as it's only one at the time of this PR.Quick question, since it is now open-source and on the preview it shows that you will put that it is open source
"all ProtonVPN apps are now open source and audited."
Should you also say that mullvadvpn is also opensource?
I signed up for there Basic plan yesterday and was offered payment through credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin or cash. Although I did not use it, there acceptance of Bitcoin does not seem to be a technicality, I was offered it without having previously provided any payment details. I think it should be mentioned that the existing account requred is free. Accepting cash is probably also worth a mention?
@ -37,1 +36,4 @@
<p>Mullvad supports the future of networking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6">IPv6</a>. Their network allows users to <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2014/9/15/ipv6-support/">access services hosted on IPv6</a> as opposed to other providers who block IPv6 connections.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Remote Port Forwarding</span></h5>
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
We probably should have a link to the Mullvad article.
I don't really see it as an advert because there's no referral link or parameters. We don't get anything from posting the link other than it makes our description slightly smaller.
I guess they could see if users have come from privacytools.io (assuming they're not blocking HTTP referrers though).
I just thought it looked a bit neater.
@ -37,1 +36,4 @@
<p>Mullvad supports the future of networking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6">IPv6</a>. Their network allows users to <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2014/9/15/ipv6-support/">access services hosted on IPv6</a> as opposed to other providers who block IPv6 connections.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Remote Port Forwarding</span></h5>
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
I was unable to find the Assured AB report for Mullvad in their two blog articles:
We should probably have a badge for that.
Thanks, I spotted some other issues now
@ -21,3 +21,3 @@
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. It is the only VPN provider that currently meets our criteria for recommendation. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">406+ Servers</span></h5>
<p>Mullvad has 409 servers in 39 countries at the time of writing this page. Typically the more servers a provider offers, the better: With hundreds of servers in operation, you are far more likely to find a fast connection and a server geographically closest to you.</p>
What is this
and .
?I think listing the path is ugly and it's also inconsistent with ProtonVPN below.
@ -71,3 +59,4 @@
<p>ProtonVPN does technically accept Bitcoin payments; however, you either need to have an existing account, or contact their support team in advance to register with Bitcoin.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>In addition to providing standard OpenVPN configuration files, ProtonVPN has mobile clients for iOS or Android allowing for easy connections to their servers.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Port Forwarding</span></h5>
Why to not make this a link?
@ -21,3 +21,3 @@
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. It is the only VPN provider that currently meets our criteria for recommendation. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">406+ Servers</span></h5>
<p>Mullvad has 409 servers in 39 countries at the time of writing this page. Typically the more servers a provider offers, the better: With hundreds of servers in operation, you are far more likely to find a fast connection and a server geographically closest to you.</p>
My bad. I was looking for the Assured AB report but it seems the report was a jointly done one which was published by Cure53.
@ -21,3 +21,3 @@
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. It is the only VPN provider that currently meets our criteria for recommendation. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<p><strong>Mullvad</strong> is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since <strong>2009</strong>. Mullvad is based in <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-se"></span> Sweden and does not have a free trial. Visit <a href="https://mullvad.net/">mullvad.net</a> to create an account.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">406+ Servers</span></h5>
<p>Mullvad has 409 servers in 39 countries at the time of writing this page. Typically the more servers a provider offers, the better: With hundreds of servers in operation, you are far more likely to find a fast connection and a server geographically closest to you.</p>
Yeah you're probably right. When I wrote the one down below, I realized they keep it all in one repo.
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<p>ProtonVPN does technically accept Bitcoin payments; however, you either need to have an existing account, or contact their support team in advance to register with Bitcoin.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>In addition to providing standard OpenVPN configuration files, ProtonVPN has mobile clients for iOS or Android allowing for easy connections to their servers.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Port Forwarding</span></h5>
I see no reason not to.
Also, reorder the ProtonVPN section so it matches (server count should be first). Otherwise LGTM.
@ -37,3 +38,4 @@
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>While iOS and Android clients are reportedly in the works, mobile users will need to use a traditional OpenVPN client and configuration files, which are a bit more difficult to configure.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-info">Extra Functionality</span></h5>
@ -37,3 +38,4 @@
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>While iOS and Android clients are reportedly in the works, mobile users will need to use a traditional OpenVPN client and configuration files, which are a bit more difficult to configure.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-info">Extra Functionality</span></h5>
Oh yes, good point.
Also, in the Mullvad section it states:
And they do have an Android client which is in beta, but still you can use it and it works flawlessly, the only thing is that you can't configure anything besides from which server you want to connect.
I think you could edit that since you are revisiting the whole section.
Small suggestion but otherwise LGTM
@ -37,3 +38,4 @@
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>While iOS and Android clients are reportedly in the works, mobile users will need to use a traditional OpenVPN client and configuration files, which are a bit more difficult to configure.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-info">Extra Functionality</span></h5>
I’m wondering if we want to link to the blog post which links to audits for each of their clients? https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/
@ -37,3 +38,4 @@
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
<p>While iOS and Android clients are reportedly in the works, mobile users will need to use a traditional OpenVPN client and configuration files, which are a bit more difficult to configure.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-info">Extra Functionality</span></h5>
Yeah I think you're right. We're going to have to link to the blog article as there are 4 separate reports. This will break with what we did with Mullvad, that was one report in one document.
Nice, LGTM 👍
I didn't have time to review before merge, but I am going to trust you.
AFAIK, the plan is to wait for them to release the app as per https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/1126#issuecomment-534007313.
@ -37,1 +36,4 @@
<p>Mullvad supports the future of networking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6">IPv6</a>. Their network allows users to <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2014/9/15/ipv6-support/">access services hosted on IPv6</a> as opposed to other providers who block IPv6 connections.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-success">Remote Port Forwarding</span></h5>
<p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is allowed on Mullvad, see <a href="https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/">Port forwarding with Mullvad VPN</a>.</p>
<h5><span class="badge badge-warning">No Mobile Clients</span></h5>
The second link has a section named "Read the report" that links directly to the report in the first paragraph. There is only one report from Cure53+Assured. It was a collaboration between the companies but only a single audit.