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Hey everyone! 👋
We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and with spring in full swing, we wanted to share a few recent Proton VPN updates that we think you’ll appreciate. These aren’t flashy new features — just thoughtful improvements to make your online life smoother, safer, and more efficient.
🛡️ NetShield is now even better at blocking phishing sites
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We know “invisible” updates aren’t as exciting as shiny new features, but these kinds of tweaks make a huge difference day-to-day — and they’re all part of our mission to keep improving the VPN experience.
Let us know how these updates are working for you, or if you’ve noticed a difference!
As always, thanks for being part of the Proton community 💜
Stay safe,
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Context? Apparently I've been living under a rock...
The CEO 6ish months ago, ignorantly tweeted an approval of a specific Trump appointee. So a few now believe Proton to be ride or die MAGA. Which is silly, considering it's a Swiss company run by scientists.
so are proton services still ok to use? its still open-source right??
Proton client is open-source? yes.
Their server side code is independently audited? yes.
So, no issue in my Pov. But, "a company run by scientist" - that's a bit stretching the truth, I would say.
In my opinion yes.
Is that why they restructured so it's primary shareholder is now the non-profit Proton Foundation?
OpenAI is still structured that way. It's unclear they'll be able to change it.
You seem to be imbuing my comments with your own assumptions. If you think I'm defending "corporate", I'll encourage you to reread with a more literal POV.
I don't do either, but as much as I doubt it, the accusation makes me wonder if you work at Tutanota. Every accusation is an admission and all that.
Again, that had nothing to do with anything I said.
It also, most notably, wasn't a direct denial of what I said.
In general we agree. But your black and white interpretation, causing you to shit on even those doing the best anyone could expect, is infantile bordering on comical.
I'm done. This is dumb
This article covers it.
It covers him gargling MAGA balls pretty deftly. I read this as a person that is very supportive of everything the Fascists are doing at worst, and someone trying to curry favor with the fascists at best.
So either way, fuck that guy and his company. I wouldn't trust that guy to keep a secret for an hour, much less read my email.
He showed his true face and is backpedaling so hard he's leaving contrails.
Then go away
I refuse
There is no context. It never happened. He made some dumb comments that people are blowing completely out of proportion.