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UPDATE Sept 23, 2023: On Sept. 18, members of the US House of Representatives and Senate introduced the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, which would prohibit advertising networks and facilitators from using protected class information, such as r
An illustration of the EU addressing default apps with the DMA
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At Proton, we have always stood for an internet that protects privacy, enables freedom, and serves the interests of everyone. We have consistently spoken out against recent anti-encryption efforts and worked to preserve privacy while making the inter
An illustration of Proton Mail's multiple layers of security
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Over the past two weeks, Microsoft clients using its Exchange servers, which includes tens of thousands of government agencies and private corporations around the world, have fallen victim to a series of hacks that have compromised their data. The br
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Nel dicembre 2020, il Consiglio dell’Unione Europea ha rilasciato una risoluzione di cinque pagine che chiedeva all’UE di approvare nuove regole per regolamentare l’uso della crittografia end-to-end in Europa. Ci opponiamo fermamente a questa risoluz
An illustration of the DMA acting as a counterbalance to Big Tech's power.
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Just a handful of massive companies, with wealth greater than some countries, controls almost every aspect of the internet. They can decide which voices to amplify or silence, which businesses to boost or crush (or acquire), and what personal data th
An illustration of WhatsApp after its new privacy policies are implemented.
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Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp, has forced an ultimatum upon WhatsApp’s users: share future transactional data and metadata from the end-to-end encrypted messenger with Facebook, or lose access to your WhatsApp account.  Users are being informed of
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According to a survey of 2,070 UK adults, roughly 90% of Brits are worried about their online data remaining private, but 20% don’t use any data protection practices at all. At Proton, we’re leading the fight for an internet where privacy is the def
An illustration of the EU anti-encryption proposal.
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On Dec. 14, 2020, the Council of the European Union, which is made up of government ministers from the 27 EU member countries, released a vague, five-page resolution that calls for new rules to govern the use of encryption in Europe. The resolution,
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Si dice che se non paghi per un prodotto, allora il prodotto sei tu. Come utente di Facebook, Google o Twitter, è facile pensare di essere il cliente. Ma c’è un motivo se hai accesso a questi servizi attraenti e user-friendly gratuitamente. Queste a
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Late Tuesday night, a US congressional subcommittee investigating the major tech companies for anti-competitive practices released its much-anticipated report. The document, over 400 pages long, describes an internet that is highly centralized around
An illustration of the Court of Justice for the EU banning indiscriminate metadata collection and retention.
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Over the past several years, data retention laws have become more and more popular in European countries. These require internet service providers, telecom companies, and online platforms to store metadata about their users, making it much easier for