Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
theintercept.com
The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

Summary

Proton Mail, known for its privacy-first email services, faced backlash after CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party and its antitrust stance.

The company initially posted and deleted a statement supporting Yen’s comments, later claiming an “internal miscommunication” and reiterating its political neutrality.

Critics question Proton’s impartiality, particularly as it cooperates with Swiss authorities on legal data requests.

Privacy advocates warn that political alignments could undermine trust, especially for Proton’s users—journalists and activists wary of government surveillance under administrations like Trump’s.

  • vodka@lemm.ee
    13·
    4 days ago

    Vpn: Mullvad

    Email: Tuta / tutanota

    Password manager: Bitwarden or 1password

    • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
      61·
      4 days ago

      DEFINITELY do not go 1password. They took a massive VC investment and it is only a matter of time before they find a way to monetize it. Ignoring the fact they absolutely destroyed the app.

      Bitwarden (you can host yourself with vaultwarden) or KeepassXC.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 days ago

        They took a massive VC investment and it is only a matter of time before they find a way to monetize it.

        Can you explain this? I’ve been using the app for over 10 years and it’s only gotten better. I haven’t seen any evidence yet that it would suddenly change

        • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 days ago

          Yes, in 2021 they took a $100M investment for a password manager. There’s no planet on which they can justify that valuation without doing things to significantly increase their revenue. https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/1password-raises-100m-at-a-2b-valuation/

          If you’ve used the product for 10 years like you claim, then you should know very well the many ways in which they’ve gotten worse. A couple obvious ones off the top of my head because I dropped them like a bad habit after I saw that VC “investment”:

          1. they killed off any ability to purchase a permanent license key and forced people into subscriptions.
          2. the app has only improved? How are those nested tags working for you? A feature they had 10 years ago that they broke and never brought back.
          3. Performance on windows has continually gotten worse with every release for the last 8 years.
      • vodka@lemm.ee
        12·
        4 days ago

        They asked as a “tech illiterate” so I answered what I’d answer a tech illiterate person.

        Keepass is good, but it’s not tech illiterate friendly.

        • CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
          1·
          4 days ago

          Oh I must have missed that sorry. Then yes it’s a bit more difficult for the tech illiterate until they’ve been using it for a while

      • eclipse@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 days ago

        From a UX perspective I disagree. 1password wins at UX hands down but Bitwarden is a very close second and IMO has better privacy guarantees.

        Security is useless if it’s too difficult. Despite liking Bitwarden I am a 1Password subscriber and happy with my choice.

        • CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
          11·
          4 days ago

          Really? I really dislike the UI of one password. I have to use it for work and it’s a pain.

          Never tried bit Warden could be good who knows not me that’s for sure.

          I don’t think keepass is to difficult as to make it useless. I think it really depends on the platform there are some amazing Android apps that will autofill directly from your keyboard no real work necessary it recognizes everything. Now if you’re on Windows… Yeah things start to fall off the wagon