Install Instructions: 1 Command

Our VPN Install is 1 Command.

Install Instructions: 1 Command

Note: You Pay In the App Itself


Keep Existing VPN?

You can keep your existing systemwide VPN on if you like.

Step 1: Get It

This command fetches the newest version, it will appear in the folder you run the command in:

curl -O -J https://api.simplifiedprivacy.is/api/v1/platforms/linux-x86_64/appimage-versions/latest/Simplified_Privacy-x86_64.AppImage  

Verify

To verify it, run this command:

shasum -a 256 Simplified_Privacy-1.2.3-x86_64.AppImage   

Should spit out this for version: 1.2.3:

9a265f57bae6a243c7a83ced3a7a44424901660c6b9b401af4510f85f9f3f1d5

Optional: Tinfoil Hat Paranoid:

If you wish verification of the verification hash, then you can see our posts on:
[Nostr] or [Bastyon]

Right-click on File

Right-click on the AppImage, go to the “Permissions” tab, and then allow it to run as executable, this box will look a little different for each Linux environment


AppImage

We made it an AppImage so it could run without sudo privileges and be directly distributed by us. However, it requires certain systemwide pre-requisites to function. We give you the 1 command to easily install these.

Sudo ?!

If you copy-paste a single command to your own terminal to install the pre-reqs, then this means you’re trusting your package manager, instead of trusting a new thing.

Browser-only Profiles:

No Sudo Required

System-wide VPN:

Requires Sudo to Connect, like any WireGuard VPN would. But no Sudo to Install/Setup

Pre-Reqs:

These pre-req packages (from your own package manager) are not going to screw up your system, and they won’t even be used if you stop using our VPN. Just because you install a low level prereq, doesn’t mean it ever activates. They take up barely any space, and have no real downside. If you decide to stop using our service, you can purge the pre-reqs using your package manager later.

Debian

This includes Debian 12, Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, Zorin, and any other Debian based distro.

sudo apt install -y bubblewrap iproute2 microsocks proxychains4 ratpoison tor wireguard xserver-xephyr resolvconf

Fedora

sudo dnf -y install bubblewrap iproute-doc proxychains4 ratpoison tor wireguard xorg-x11-server-Xephyr resolvconf

Arch

This includes Vanilla Arch, Manjaro, Elementary, and any other Arch based distro.

sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools proxychains-ng bubblewrap iproute2 microsocks tor xorg-server-xephyr resolvconf 

Pacman doesn’t have ratpoison, you could try yay:

sudo yay -S ratpoison

Or get ratpoison from the AUR:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ratpoison.git
cd ratpoison
makepkg -si –skippgpcheck


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