We believe in the end, these investments leads to a more reliable and trustworthy service. We do this because Proton's mission is fundamentally about defending privacy, freedom, and democracy online, and as a mission driven organization, we are willing to make investments others are not. You can find out a bit more about this work in a recent New York Times article: Unlike other VPNs, we also make heavy investments in overcoming censorship and trying to bypass internet blocks in authoritarian countries. ![]() Proton VPN stands out because it is open source, unlimited, and for those who don't have the means to pay, truly free (it doesn't have ads, and we don't monetize through selling user data). There are indeed tons of VPNs on the market today, and there are also many things that set Proton VPN apart. We are also encouraged by the fact that in 2021, we were able to win in court against the Swiss govt and get a ruling that strengthens privacy for email providers: -Andy What makes Sweden and Iceland stand out, along with Switzerland, is strong rule of law, and strong cultures of privacy, and generally strong stances on human rights, and this helps to ensure that over the long run, privacy is more likely to be protected.įor example, while there are proposals in the EU today that are contemplating weakening end-to-end encryption, no such proposals have been put forward in Switzerland. I would say, Switzerland started out better than most places, and like most places, it has gotten worse in recent years, but relatively speaking, is still better than most places at the current moment. Given this context and the global trend, Switzerland isn't particularly worse in comparison. You can read a bit more about this in a recent interview I gave to Wired: We are currently fighting a new anti-privacy legislation in the UK, and also watching closely developments in the EU. In general (and this is quite unfortunate), there's been a global backsliding on privacy in recent years, and this development is not limited to Switzerland. However, you can join our subreddits on r/ProtonVPN, r/ProtonMail, and r/ProtonDrive. If organizations and privacy-first companies like Proton don’t fight for it, then maybe nobody else will.ĮDIT: Thanks everybody who participated, it was really a pleasure to speak with all of you, but as it is past midnight in Geneva now, we will be signing off. We keep going because access to the internet is a fundamental human right and it's crucial to preserving freedom online. These countries block us, we fight back and win, then they block us again. We hope it will have a happy ending, but it’s not guaranteed. Our VPN team is in a continuous cat-and-mouse game, going up against governments with billions of dollars behind them that fund censorship technology. The fight, however, for the internet happens all over the world in places like ( ), Hong Kong, Iran, and beyond. Recently, the New York Times did an in-depth story about our fight for Russia’s Internet by developing ( ) an advanced technology that bypasses many forms of government censorship. Our mission is to make privacy and internet freedom a reality for everyone. ![]() This is Andy Yen, CEO of Proton, and Samuele Kaplun, CTO of Proton VPN. Follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook!įacebook Twitter Instagram Calendar Please check out our Rules and FAQs.Email us at Step-by-step guide to doing an AMA. ![]()
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