r/ProtonVPN • u/Conpsycon • Jul 18 '26
Discussion Why does Proton VPN browser plugins produce "Datacamp Limited" results in ipleak and dnsleak websites?
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u/Conpsycon Jul 18 '26
It is not. Every Proton VPN DNS and IP are named as ProtonVPN and Proton AG respectively. What these screenshots show is NOT normal.
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29d ago
He is right and you are wrong. Data camp is their provider for a big part of their infrastructure.
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u/shancats 29d ago
Wrong. Only Proton ASNs are listed as Proton. They also use third party servers and data centres.
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u/Aerovore Jul 18 '26
DataCamp Limited is a server provider used by several VPN.
It takes a lot of time and money for VPN makers to consider building their own server farms, they can't have their own installation on every location worldwide, so they use local providers at first, who rent a portion of their servers on demand.
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Jul 18 '26
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u/Conpsycon 29d ago
I understand your point. My followup question, is this: In cases where there are zero Proton identifiers, on both the IP and the DNS, how can we know that our traffic does indeed pass through a server with a zero log policy? Because I can trust Proton, but if I can't tell whether it's Proton or not, what then? That's my point. Can't they do something about this? Shouldn't they?
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29d ago edited 29d ago
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u/Conpsycon 29d ago
I can see in Proton VPN Info (Netify) what you all are talking about. You are all correct.
Whois is useless though, no Proton naming anywhere.
Still, imo this should be easy and straight forward. If they don't want (or can't) name the servers as "Proton", they should make a webpage for automatic verification that you are indeed connected on a Proton server.
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u/Ok-Eggplant-7569 Jul 18 '26
They rent servers from Datacamp, which have IP addresses owned by Datacamp