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
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    4 hours ago

    Complying with government data requests is NOT the same as collecting information for profit. A company cannot just decide to not comply with the local laws where they sell their products…

    This is technically true, but… The privacy oriented person will drift towards products that cannot violate their privacy. Or, if that is not possible, towards products that push back against orders that are unlawful or unethical.

    When Andy Yen and Proton Official published their multiple social media comments, this looked dangerously close to signaling fealty to a foreign government, which is not something I am interested in seeing.