Can you still trust Proton?
ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Comments by Proton’s CEO caused a backlash in its privacy-focused community.
- The company says managing security without AI is like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
- The controversy has created a crisis of trust for a company whose business depends on it.
It hasn’t been a good month for Proton, the Swiss technology company best known for privacy-focused products like Proton Mail and Proton VPN.
The company’s reputation took a major hit two weeks ago, when 404 Media published a detailed report, based on leaked Slack messages and interviews with anonymous insiders. The story detailed a push by Proton CEO Andy Yen to — in his own words — “ruthlessly smash everything that stands in the way of AI velocity.”
After one employee proposed spending at least a few days on penetration testing before shipping new code, Yen reportedly said, “That’s bullshit and loser thinking. Of...
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