Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"
Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503
Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!
I am dissapointed that my VPN is getting involved in US politics. This is not something I want for this kind of service. I dont want to debate US politics here. That being said, I cancelled my annual autorenew for April and I would like some recommendations. Originally I was deciding between Mulvad and Proton. I've also seen some people in this thread using Tuta? I am in Europe and just want a service that prioritizes anonyminity and data protection. I don't know how the dust will settle on all this Proton stuff. What would you all recommend for a provider?
So apparently mullvad and windscribe are the best ones people use.
And I am using windscribe no problem.
It is however not as good integrated in Linux as nordvpn. But it's a lot cheaper.
Lmao, proton looked sus to me for a long time. Good I never felt for anything more than their email.
May it live forever even if they delete the toot: https://web.archive.org/web/20250115165213/https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503
good thing too, because the page is now deleted
They're is no way Trump wrote that tweet. It is full of punctuation and clearly gets a point across. It was clearly written by someone else. Nevertheless, time to delete protonmail.
He rarely writes any of his tweets. They're dictated to staff
I doubt very much his dictation sounded anything like that tweet. There may have been five or ten words in common.
My dear friend, what is happening over here: “They are is no way…”?
Really disappointing. Never imagined this from Proton. Truly dead to me now.
God damn it.
Exactly. I just switched to proton mail this week.
So Proton is out.
Sorry, I won't trust a service that licks fascist boots.
I was about to pull the trigger on Proton. Good to know, I will never use this service now.
This also reinforces my belief that email should be provided by the government. If they are going to spy on me anyways might as well give it straight to them.
I am sick of private companies providing the primary way we communicate when they can kick you off their platform because they think you look funny.
Regrading Update 2, maybe the other board members can push his guy out? I'm paid for to the end of the year, so I'll wait it out a bit. I'd rather not jump ship, only to have that ship also go pro fascist too.
I thought they are based in Switzerland
They are, but US antitrust/monopolies affect the market worldwide. In https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2022/12/27/andy-yen-ceo-of-proton-on-the-tech-giants-that-dominate-the-internet-the-webs-future-and-bitcoin/ the same guy discusses the issue in more details.
Burned my accounts, moved to Tuta.
Been using their paid service for months. I have so many aliases. I'm just surprised. Surely this company knows its biggest user base has to be too educated to let this slide.
Lots of educated fascists. Having a degree hardly guarantees a progressive worldview. If you're in an extractive industry or a heavily financialized one, it works against you.
Nothing good is allowed to happen ever again.
I don't want to mix tech with politics, but what in the actual fuck?
Politics are mixed with everything.
In that case, I see this as speak with your wallet moment. That statement has done it for me and I am dropping proton for Tuta or something else.
How is it possible to not mix tech and politics?
Yeah this really makes me doubt the security of the service.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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