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[–] 54 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Same thing happened with Proton.

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  • [–] 94 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    proton did it to themselves by embracing the us and their fascist leader.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    And the CEO just did it again, because apparently it wasn’t enough backlash the first time.

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    It’s in French, but here’s a link:
    https://www.watson.ch/fr/!884988581

    Basically, Yen did an interview for Watson (a magazine) where he talked about the swedish government encroaching on encryption. He got political when he started talking about how all of the Swedish government officials were useless bureaucrats, and praised the US government’s methods instead.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You're gonna need a bettet source than that, because this article and your comment say very different things. Why do people upvote comments like this one?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Switzerland part:

    There are three problems to be insulated. First of all, by extending the scope to a larger number of companies than was previously regulated for a few telecommunications giants, a massive expansion of Switzerland's surveillance state is in fact being carried out.

    There have been cases where we have seen demands against climate activists in France, we have seen situations where Catalan independence leaders have been unfairly targeted. I have many other examples that are not yet public about inappropriate targeting by the SCPT Service, which does not make any verification.

    Switzerland is not a favourable land for tech start-ups? The Swiss start-up ecosystem is now more competitive than Germany, more competitive than the EU, more competitive than the US itself. But with this consultation, we are making it much less attractive by imposing massive obligations and burdens on small businesses that do not have the resources to do so.

    I couldn't find the US is awesome part though.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I assume that's the VPN proton and not the linux compatibility layer proton, right?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Correct proton.me email/VPN/drive's CEO Andy Yen

    https://xcancel.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660

    https://techstory.in/proton-mail-faces-backlash-over-claims-of-political-neutrality-amid-ceos-praise-for-republican-party/

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42837181

    Andy used proton's official accounts to voice his political stances for the regime. They have since retracted the statement but it's still worrying to say the least and something to keep an eye on if you use their services.

    I've been using them for years and don't think it's quite time to jump ship because it is the best option for me, but I'm keeping a close eye to see if it worsens and starts affecting the company in a negative manner.

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