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.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Getting your own domain is the best thing you can do, regardless of provider - it means they can’t lock you in anymore.

    • wax@feddit.nu
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      2 days ago

      And the main reason I didn’t get a domain? Because I couldn’t come up with a good domain name. Naming stuff is always hard.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        It is hard. I made up a name that sounds like it would be a webmail provider (it has “mail” in the name).

        • Rogue@feddit.uk
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          2 days ago

          Surely the point of your own domain is to personalise it? Why would you go for something generic?

          • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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            2 days ago

            I use it with aliases for online signups, so the genericness is a feature, not a bug.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        Email is already bad for privacy, and WHOIS protection solves most of the rest.

    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I gotta get a personal domain just for email, I don’t really want my personal life mixed in with our small business domain; both due to the nature of the products and because I don’t want to dox myself on either side of the work/life gulf. It’s a shame too, because I am actually proud of our garage business.

      • ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 days ago

        They’re relatively cheap. I’ve had one for years, though I don’t use it for email forwarding.

        Weird shit also happens if send mail isn’t coming from a big provider :(

        • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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          2 days ago

          Yeah, I have no desire to try to host smtp. I’m thinking I could run my own imap and pull mail from various accounts and then just send mail through proton or tula or whoever. Someone already trusted.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        I totally get that; I have three domains (work, personal, and one only for online services / aliases)