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Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys" (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

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[–] 98 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Makes me feel a lot less confident about having a protonmail account. Best alternatives for privacy?

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    • [–] 92 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The fuck? Way to flush the credibility they built down the drain.

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    [–] 56 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    I guess Andy or the proton social media team has started using the corporate bluesky account to discuss it now.

    https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3lfrqm6wpzs2p

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    interesting that it's deleted now

    anyone got a screenshot?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Wow they really need to get in check. I do have the screenshots

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hilarious, talks about corporate Dems yet is supporting corporate Republicans. Elon Musk is arguably the face of big tech and so acting like Trump is going to 'do something' to big tech is also delusional. Big tech has already gotten out the checkbooks and kissed the ring down in Florida.

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    [–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No one going to comment the Trump absolutely did not write that? Read it; completely coherent, proper English, all that.

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    • [–] 35 points 2 years ago

    Was considering them, now I'm not. I'll keep using mullvad.

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yikes. I was just about to shell out for Proton VPN, but now I won’t.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was wondering, is proton as trustworthy as everybody says? I generally dislike it because its closed source, but that makes sense considering they have to host servers. but this makes it seem... uncredible. any alternative to protonmail?

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    • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Proton better shut this dude up as I really don't want to find a new platform :|

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    ugh, gross. i just signed up for a month to try and get away from google and the rest of the us companies bending the knee. how to trust proton that they won't give up your data the second trump asks now? time to get a refund and put it toward infomaniak sigh

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    I just dislike that they had to take a political stance at all. Companies and celebrities should stay out of politics and focus on what they're good at/known for.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Don't agree completely. Celebrities are people too, they can use their voice to do good and activate people with regards to politics. Kinda cruel to just say "focus on what you're known for, which is a pretty face. I don't care about anything else that makes you human"

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I feel like the rules are different here. This dude is not a celebrity, he is a CEO of a company which mission is to provide a secure and private email service. I don't care about him as a person, he represents his company here. His job is to make sure that the data of his customers does not get in the wrong hands, and being as apolitical as possible is part of it. (Unless it's speaking up against laws that will undermine his business such as banning encryption, but that's not what's happening here).

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    I mean, I don't agree with his politics. But this opinion is no different than telling football players to shut up and play football when they were speaking out against systemic violence against minority black communities.

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    • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    FFS. Unfortunately there really isn't a good alternative to Proton right now (don't @ me about Tuta until you've seen how much downtime they had recently).

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I believe that but it would be good to have a source and an archive of the original tweet.

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    • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    They use examples of when they did pro-left actions in the apology and explanation , but they never once proclaimed with their official account support for the left, and that's the difference.

    The apology and explanation fell way short of the mark. He tried to appease the facists and alienated Proton top clients.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does anyone have info on the ‘two anti trust bills’ the official account is talking about?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The two antitrust bills associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are:

    1. American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA): Sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, this bill aimed to prevent Big Tech platforms like Amazon from favoring their own products over competitors' in online marketplaces[1][3].

    2. Open App Markets Act (OAMA): Led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, this bill sought to curb Apple and Google's dominance in the app ecosystem by promoting fair competition and limiting self-preferencing[1][3].

    Despite bipartisan support, Schumer did not bring these bills to a vote, effectively stalling their progress[1][3].

    Citations: [1] Schumer Kills Bills Big Tech Feared Most | TIME https://time.com/6243256/schumer-kills-antitrust-big-tech-bills/ [2] Senate leader Schumer met with Microsoft President Brad Smith to ... https://fedscoop.com/senate-leader-chuck-schumer-met-with-microsoft-president-brad-smith-re-anti-big-tech-bills/ [3] Schumer Accused of Caving to Big Tech as Antitrust Bills Languish https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/schumer-accused-caving-big-tech-antitrust-bills-languish [4] faq https://www.google.ca/policies/faq [5] Big Tech And Its Congressional Allies Kill Most - HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/big-tech-antitrust-bills-chuck-schumer_n_63a20cd6e4b0aeb2ace81d7d [6] Progressives pressure Schumer to call a vote on tech antitrust bills https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/22/23273924/progressives-antitrust-reform-bills-klobuchar-chuck-schumer-aico [7] With clock ticking, battle over tech regulation intensifies https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/27/antitrust-tech-battle-congress/

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