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LAST FRIDAY, A WEAPONIZED VERSION OF A NSA EXPLOIT WAS USED TO INFECT OVER THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND COMPUTERS IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES WITH THE WANNACRY RANSOMWARE.
In addition to government ministries and transportation infrastructure, the
British Natio

Updated on January 31, 2019
Thanks to the passage of S.J.Res.34 in 2017, Internet service providers can sell
and share users’ browsing history with advertisers. Here is our analysis of this
law and the steps you should take to protect your privacy.

Earlier today, Wikileaks dumped a large database of secret documents from the
CIA in a released dubbed #Vault7. Here we do a deeper analysis of the leak and
the broader implications on online security and encrypted services.
Our in-depth analysis of

AFTER LAST WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN EVEN LARGER YAHOO BREACH IMPACTING 1
BILLION USERS, SIGNUPS OF PROTON MAIL HAVE DOUBLED AGAIN TO HIT AN ALL TIME HIGH
DUE TO USERS LOOKING FOR A YAHOO MAIL REPLACEMENT.
Update February 16th, 2017 – Yahoo just ann

THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS BILL (IPB) HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE UK PARLIAMENT AND
WILL COME IN FORCE IN 2017.
We decided to do a deeper analysis of this law, since it potentially impacts a
large number of Proton Mail users. According to our 2016 Encryp

EARLIER THIS WEEK, DONALD TRUMP WON A STUNNING ELECTION VICTORY THAT WILL PUT
HIM IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL MASS SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE.
Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on, Trump’s control
over the NSA is

Updated October 7, 2016 with additional clarification and analysis of Yahoo’s
denial
Dear Proton Mail Community,
Two weeks ago, we published a security advisory regarding the mass hacking of
Yahoo. Unfortunately, due to recent events, we are issuin

CONFIRMING WHAT WAS LONG SUSPECTED BY THE SECURITY COMMUNITY, YAHOO HAS
CONFIRMED A MASSIVE BREACH OF OVER 500 MILLION EMAIL ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING BOTH
CREDENTIALS AND SECURITY QUESTIONS.
October 4, 2017 Update: Yahoo now confirms that the hack impact

- Privacy news
This is a Portuguese translated version of an Article which we originally
published on December 21, 2015. We want to give special thanks to Proton Mail
user jjsergio for the translation.
Com essa lei veio a perda de inúmeras proteções extremamente i

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR USERS AND ALLIES, THE
SWISS SURVEILLANCE LAW WILL BE PUT TO A VOTE BY THE SWISS PEOPLE!
In September last year, the Swiss parliament passed a new surveillance law known
as the Nachrichtendiens

LATE LAST FRIDAY, THE US CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED INTO LAW THE CISA
SURVEILLANCE LAW USING VERY UNDERHANDED METHODS.
With it came the loss of numerous protections extremely important to internet
privacy. To understand why the CISA surveil