Recently, allegations surfaced on Reddit that Proton (or at least Proton’s CEO) supports Trump. Hillary Keverenge from Tech-Issues Today…

I’ve seen this posted a couple of times in comments, it seems like a reasonable investigation in to the recent shit storm

I usually actively avoid engaging in anything to do with US politics as it’s pointless getting depressed by an awful situation I have zero control over; this post is not about fueling arguments or making us all feel worse, just determining if a useful tech company has gone to shit (TL;DR: probably not).

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    6 hours ago

    I read this entire medium article from start to end, and that point stuck out to me so much that it caused me to pause, make sure I’d seen it correctly, and then restart with a more critical lens.

    Between lines like that, and the assumptions like

    • The “three cis-gender women on the board” wouldn’t be put there by a MAGA person because MAGA people would never hire women. This argument is piss-poor on its face. You could use it to say Trump isn’t sexist either.
      (Off topic but: “cis-gender”?)
    • These women are “feminists with liberal values” - no citations, no examples needed apparently.