Sorry for the basic question, but

Do I need to have the application open/the VPN connected when using the firefox extension and being connected with that? So if I were to cut the connection in the programm, would that affect the extension on firefix? Also, do I need to keep the programm open/connected if I have qbittorrent linked to proton or does it automatically start proton when torrenting something?

  1. If you’re connected to browser extension you don’t need the app connected to the vpn for your browsing needs
  2. Qbit won’t be able to start proton. You can enable proton to start on system startup. Also, please bind your qbit to proton interface. Very important!

Hello, the application is a slightly better protection than the Firefox extension, if you want to connect only one, connect the application so all the traffic from your computer is obfuscated in a single tunnel.

But anyway, it won’t hurt if both are connected (then your traffic in Firefox would hop by both servers).