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Proton
Company blog · proton.me/blogsecurityproductivity
Proton is the company blog at proton.me, writing about security and productivity. Since 2022, 342 different Hacker News readers have linked it 700 times, most often “Proton provided user information in 10,368 requests in 2024”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Proton's blog and support pages on encryption, email privacy, Apple's App Store and DMA rules, EU Chat Control, and big-tech data collection. Most links are cited as sources or for how-to steps.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- /mail/bridge10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2022-05-25
- Proton provided user information in 10,368 requests in 20249 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2023-07-19
- ProtonMail has been re-branded9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2022-05-25
- Apple is becoming an ad company despite privacy claims8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2022-11-24
- Proton Drive, Secure cloud storage and file sharing8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2022-09-22
- Proton Pass: Open-Source and Encrypted Password Manager App8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2023-04-20
- /7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2022-06-03
- /mail7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2022-11-02
- Introducing Docs in Proton Drive6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2024-07-03
- Proton Pass launched – Protecting your passwords and online identity6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2023-06-28
What Hacker News says?
Every time I refresh you keep adding more contrived BS excuses to allow the trillion dollar company to keep extorting devs and users with obscene fees. " - A lot of these changes are like mandating that cars have a manual transmission option. Sure, there are plenty of people that love the control, but there are many, many more that appreciate not having to deal with it." Nonsense analogy. Computers are General Purpo…
Comment linking /blog/apple-ad-company
on “U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly”Submitted Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service as a story · 688 points
HN discussionProton have been in the news in the last 2 days, bad executive behaviour to the extent that and some see signs of AI psychosis. e.g. https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-i... https://www.gadgetreview.com/ai-or-unemployment-proton-is-re... I started to be wary when they got into Cryptocurrency https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-launch For Proton Mail specifically, they are now pushing AI featu…
Comment linking /blog/proton-scribe-writing-assistant
on “Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance”Submitted Proton joins suit against Apple for practices that harm developers and consumers as a story · 673 points
HN discussion> So Apple is now responsible for the shit show of current web development and at the same time isn’t keeping up or doesn’t care about the web? Which is it? Yes. Apple, who once promoted the web as a distribution model, changed course once they realized that doing so would lead to less revenue. They have been actively hostile to open web standards and PWAs as a distribution model. https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/…
Comment linking /blog/apple-lawsuit
on “GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation”Submitted Lumo: Privacy-first AI assistant as a story · 244 points
HN discussionIs it true or more of a myth? Based on my online read, Europe has "think of the children" narrative as common if not more than other parts of the world. They tried hard to ban encryption in apps many times.[1] [1]: https://proton.me/blog/eu-council-encryption-vote-delayed
Comment linking /blog/eu-council-encryption-vote-delayed
on “The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is using video as an input”Submitted US authorities can see more than ever, with Big Tech as their eyes as a story · 224 points
HN discussionTo your first point: I find it telling that your main concern with reducing Apple's monopoly power is that it would elevate Facebook's monopoly power. How about we design regulations that mitigate against monopoly power in all its forms? Then there would be viable alternatives to Facebook and all of the sudden their business model based on hostile tracking becomes completely unsustainable because there's meaningful…
Comment linking /blog/apple-app-store-antitrust
on “EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved”Submitted Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines as a story · 207 points
HN discussionIt depends on what you'd consider "untrustworthy", but some (myself included) feel it's hypocritical for Apple to position itself as a privacy conscious choice, and use its marketing / PR machine to give the impression it only makes money on devices/subscriptions, when they're silently managing an ads-funded cash cow, with billions of dollars that go directly to the bottom line, as pure profit. Here's a few pointers…
Comment linking /blog/apple-ad-company
on “Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac”Submitted Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet as a story · 147 points
HN discussionThat's not really my use case, but seems like an important concern for many! At that point, you probably want to use whatever features one of the big providers use, like: https://proton.me/support/aliases-mail Maybe even something that'd sit in front of a mail server that you yourself control, I wonder what the variety of options out there is.
Comment linking /support/aliases-mail
on “Internet Archive: Security breach alert”Submitted Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces as a story · 137 points
HN discussion>This is an absolutely perfect use of Ethereum. How to schedule an outgoing email through Gmail: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/9214606?hl=en&co=GENI... through Outlook https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/delay-or-schedule... through Apple Mail https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-schedule-email-on-iphone-i... through Proton Mail https://proton.me/support/schedule-email-send
Comment linking /support/schedule-email-send
on “OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment”Submitted Protonmail Recommended Browsers as a story · 132 points
HN discussionHere are some articles that specifically discuss what is wrong with Apple's approach in allowing alternative app stores. https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/ https://proton.me/blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap > Introducing the Core Technology Fee (CTF), a junk fee that serves no purpose other than trapping popular apps in Apple’s current shakedown scheme. By charging a €.50 fee for each install aft…
Comment linking /blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap
on “Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS”Submitted Updated Proton, Unified Protection as a story · 130 points
HN discussionhttps://github.com/protonpass Also see https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-passkey
Comment linking /blog/big-tech-passkey
on “Passkeys: A shattered dream”Submitted Proton Flock Camera Map as a story · 125 points
HN discussionThe EFF: https://www.eff.org/ Privacy International: https://privacyinternational.org/ IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals): https://iapp.org/ noyb: https://noyb.eu/en Purism: https://puri.sm/ Proton: https://proton.me Murena: https://murena.com/ etc. etc.
Comment linking /
on “Microsoft AI spying scandal: time to rethink privacy standards”Submitted Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure as a story · 113 points
HN discussionYou'll find plenty of links here, for example: https://proton.me/blog/apple-ad-company
Comment linking /blog/apple-ad-company
on “Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions”Submitted The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life as a story · 110 points
HN discussionAnd the privacy chatbot “where every conversation is confidential” https://proton.me/blog/lumo-ai
Comment linking /blog/lumo-ai
on “Mistral raises 1.7B€, partners with ASML”Submitted What is end-to-end encryption and how does it work? as a story · 105 points
HN discussionhttps://proton.me/blog/authenticator-rust - I think this is what you're referring to? Looks really nice
Comment linking /blog/authenticator-rust
on “The Swift SDK for Android”Submitted Apple is becoming an ad company despite privacy claims as a story · 100 points
HN discussionWe'd like to point out that you can connect a custom domain to a Proton Mail account, which would make you eventual migration easier. Additionally, we also offer a free email export tool: https://proton.me/support/proton-mail-export-tool . Finally, Proton was created in order to make online privacy available to anyone, so we will always try to maintain interoperability as much as we can.
Comment linking /support/proton-mail-export-tool
on “Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service”Submitted US tech rules the European market as a story · 94 points
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