Remove intrusive tracking/telemetry

[IsHacker003]

Even after turning off everything under "Help us fight censorship" section (which is itself misleading in its name), the app still sends POST requests to URLs such as:

https://vpn-api.proton.me/data/v1/stats/multiple
https://vpn-api.proton.me/data/v1/metrics

I demand to know why this is happening, and what this data is used for. And this tracking needs to be removed ASAP!

I use the F-Droid version, as the Github/Google play version is worse (it has google analytics and connects to firebaselogging-pa.googleapis.com).

[Gitchick57]

Thank you for this.  Now what??  Is nothing sacred anymore??   Nov 14, 2025, 12:48 AM by ***@***.***:

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IsHacker003> created an issue > (ProtonVPN/android-app#176) <#176> Even after turning off everything under "Help us fight censorship", the app still sends POST requests to URLs such as: https://vpn-api.proton.me/data/v1/stats/multiplehttps://vpn-api.proton.me/data/v1/metrics I demand to know why this is happening, and what this data is used for. And this tracking needs to be removed ASAP! — Reply to this email directly, > view it on GitHub <#176>> , or > unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A6G5JCG2N7R36X5WCSAGVHL34VUJNAVCNFSM6AAAAACMCQ6DR2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZTGYZDGOJYHE3TEMI>> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.> Message ID: > <ProtonVPN/android-app/issues/176> @> github> .> com>

[ProvablyAudit]

Add in /data/system/ifw/ name it "ch.protonvpn.android.xml" and add activity block for:

"ch.protonvpn.android/com.protonvpn.android.ui.settings.SettingsTelemetryActivity"

[Korb]

For completeness, I'll add a link to the Reports list for ch.protonvpn.android by εxodus. The F-Droid version listed is outdated (5.14.76.0 instead of 5.16.83.0 (605168300) from Mar 05, 2026).

[Quantum-Future]

The current F-Droid version today is 5.18.46.0 and Exodus report says it has one tracker: Sentry
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/742776/

[IsHacker003]

Note that Exodus shows only well-known third party trackers (such as Sentry). The telemetry is sent using Proton's own SDK and their first-party endpoints rather than Sentry's endpoints.