Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
theintercept.com
The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

Summary

Proton Mail, known for its privacy-first email services, faced backlash after CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party and its antitrust stance.

The company initially posted and deleted a statement supporting Yen’s comments, later claiming an “internal miscommunication” and reiterating its political neutrality.

Critics question Proton’s impartiality, particularly as it cooperates with Swiss authorities on legal data requests.

Privacy advocates warn that political alignments could undermine trust, especially for Proton’s users—journalists and activists wary of government surveillance under administrations like Trump’s.

    • NudeNewt@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      There are other good VPN options that provide port forwarding but it’s usually at an extra cost or absolutely tedious to set up.

      AirVPN, Windscribe, and another one I can’t remember. Personally I prefer the security and privacy of Mullvad but I use proton’s port forwarding and proton mail for quite a bit so the transition is gonna be annyoing…

      EDIT: Removed PIA due to dubious behavior.

      • ReloadPhawPhaw@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 hours ago

        Why PIA? They’re manipulating people. Its owned by same company as express vpn, cyberghost and zenmate

        Not to mention their terrible pricing policy

        • NudeNewt@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          Oof I forgot about that, you also reminfed me about a post that I can’t seem to find anymore of a user fiscovering that they were connected to a US military base.

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
        2·
        1 day ago

        PrivateVPN is what I use. No ties to the big VPN corporations known, pretty open about their stuff, decent price, small company, port forwarding over OVPN (not wireguard) and no-log policy.

        The problem is I don’t think they have ever been audited but also because they are obscure enough, I don’t know if there are any watchdogs for them turning over info to authorities.