I discovered that I can have Mullvad activated at the same time as ProtonVPN, while Proton is running from the Firefox extension. I’m on Linux.

When I look up my IP and location, the one that shows up is Proton’s, and Mullvad doesn’t detect itself on its website.

My questions are:

  1. Are all my programs running through Mullvad, except Firefox?
  2. Can websites get confused because of the conflicting information?
  3. I was just playing around, but does this have any practical utility?

Thank you all in advance!

  • rammjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Since Firefox is running Proton, everything you do through Firefox is Proton. Turn off the Proton extension and try again. It should show Mulivad.

    Also, to get around the browser situation, try the following command in Terminal. It should be Mulivad:

    curl ifconfig.me

    • howler@lemmy.zipOP
      2·
      3 days ago

      Thank you! I had done it on purpose tho, I’m not having any problems.

      I’ll remember the command just in case!