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.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      202 days ago

      They asked as a “tech illiterate” so I answered what I’d answer a tech illiterate person.

      Keepass is good, but it’s not tech illiterate friendly.

    • @eclipse
      link
      62 days ago

      From a UX perspective I disagree. 1password wins at UX hands down but Bitwarden is a very close second and IMO has better privacy guarantees.

      Security is useless if it’s too difficult. Despite liking Bitwarden I am a 1Password subscriber and happy with my choice.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        02 days ago

        Really? I really dislike the UI of one password. I have to use it for work and it’s a pain.

        Never tried bit Warden could be good who knows not me that’s for sure.

        I don’t think keepass is to difficult as to make it useless. I think it really depends on the platform there are some amazing Android apps that will autofill directly from your keyboard no real work necessary it recognizes everything. Now if you’re on Windows… Yeah things start to fall off the wagon