linux-cli VS Tor

Does it look like this issue? https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli/issues/43

All this to say, the Linux app, both CLI and GUI is broken, hasn’t been addressed (till very recently), does not have feature parity to the other apps and this isn’t opinion, it’s observable and validated fact from the community and Proton themselves: https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli/issues/64

Here I am, still waiting for a proper ProtonVPN client for Linux which supports all the features, and isn't buggy...

Basically, I assume Proton has already abandoned their Linux client (both gui and cli). Look at their github repositories (https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-app and https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli). Their last commit was half year ago, while windows, android, ios and mac client are still actively maintained.

I suspect there's something wrong with the network services/daemons but I'm not sure what. There an issue on github but nobody figured out the problem it seems: https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli/issues/61

Newer official Python CLI that should actually be used: https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli

You could try downloading TOR (www.torproject.org) but some people prefer not to use it because some people think that the TOR people are (bad? cheaters?) 'not good'.

The only difference Private Relay makes to this sequence is that it hides your IP from the website you're visiting in the networking phase by acting as a proxy. This is similar to what TOR does by routing your network traffic through multiple nodes before letting it reach its final destination. This process does not hide which websites you visit from your ISP itself IF they also act as your DNS provider, which is almost universally true.

One of the solutions I've seen mentioned is effectively the TOR network on the blockchain. While this type of solution would not guarantee anonymity it would at least make it more difficult for people to "follow the money" through the network just as the TOR browser makes it difficult for the FBI to follow your web traffic.

The TOR browser (https://www.torproject.org/) will encrypt your request and send it trough three separate servers before it ends up at the destination. It's what whistleblowers use to send info to journalists.

If you need that level of online anonymity you should use a dedicated tool with a solid track record (https://www.torproject.org/, or https://geti2p.net/en/) -- both are free to use by the way.

I use the Tor Browser & launcher direct from the torproject out of preference but the torbrowser launcher is available in the repos.

Tor (probably what you're looking for)

To access onion sites, follow the documentation in the Tor Project. That will tell you everything you should know and it is relatively simple to set up.

Please consider to host the infrastructure on Tor onion services.