Privacy news
In order to protect our user community, we have a zero-tolerance policy for
criminal acts committed against Proton Mail, or criminal acts committed using
Proton Mail.
We have just released a major new version of OpenPGPjs, the world’s most popular
open-source JavaScript encryption library.
- Privacy news
Recent news reports regarding “eFail” have contained significant errors
regarding the security of PGP email encryption. It is necessary to correct the
record.
Recently, news broke about potential vulnerabilities in PGP, dubbed Efail.
However, despite reports to the contrary, PGP is not actually broken, as we will
explain in this post.
ProtonMail's encryption and SESTA-FOSTA has severe implications for
communications privacy of sex workers. Proton Mail's encryption and Swiss
jurisdiction provides strong privacy safeguards.
- Privacy news
Turkey has a track record of blocking certain websites. Here's how you can
bypass Turkey's online censorship and access any site (such as Proton Mail).
Today, we are participating in the Internet-wide Day of Action alongside Amazon,
Netflix, Github, and many others to counter this decision.
Last Friday, a weaponized version of a NSA exploit was used to infect over two
hundred thousand computers in 150 countries with the WannaCry ransomware.
Whether it's Facebook, New York Times or a website that you visit in secret,
your ISP has a record of all of your browsing history. This highly personal and
intimate data can be sold to the highest bidder.
Earlier today, Wikileaks dumped a large database of secret documents from the
CIA. We did a deeper analysis of the leak and its implications on online
security and privacy.
Since the Yahoo breach impacting 1 billion users, signups of Proton Mail have
doubled due to users looking for a Yahoo Mail replacement.