Proton Mail

@birdcat Please read the edited version of our response above, and accept our sincere apologies for sharing some links that were irrelevant to your original concerns: https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111958985077770856.

The benefits of running Proton’s services under Swiss legislation described in the article above remain correct.

@jherazob @birdcat More details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1930vnh/comment/kh71qch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (2/2)

@jherazob @birdcat

EDIT: We apologize, the original response was concerned with a different article, so we have removed it.

Regarding Mr. Steiger’s allegations, they have also refuted by the Swiss public prosecutor.
You can read our CEO’s statement here: https://twitter.com/andyyen/status/1422658759600525319

Regarding the revelations about surveillance, Proton users are not impacted, because we aren’t a telecommunications service: https://proton.me/blog/court-strengthens-email-privacy. More details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1930vnh/comment/kh71qch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

@SoulKeeper While we rely on Google Play Store services for push notifications, they are end-to-end encrypted. To stay private when using Proton Mail on an Android phone, we recommend trying some of these tips: https://proton.me/blog/android-privacy .

We are also working on a complete rewrite of our Android app, which will allow for the improved functionalities and features to be added.