Speaking of reasons to not use Proton; there's an interview with Andy Yen, Proton's CEO, in our local NRC newspaper today, and there's a number of things in it that are worth highlighting;

1) Dude only does job interviews on Sundays, because that filters out the people who aren't really 'committed';

2) They want to grow to a billion users by 2030;

3) The unmasking of the Stop Cop City protester is not the first time Proton has assisted law enforcement, there are similar cases involving a French climate activist, and a Catalan independence activist;

4) They have complied with 94% of all requests for information since 2017, and got 9.301 requests last year, of which they rejected less than a thousand;

5) One of their latest products, Proton Meet, is built on top of US cloud services.

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So, yeah, be wary of Proton, and the promises they make. They are Big Tech, they are tech bros, and they want to grow, grow, grow.

That is not compatible with the image they have created for themselves.

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/04/10/de-privacy-vriendelijke-tech-van-proton-is-geliefd-bij-activisten-en-idealisten-het-bedrijf-wil-ook-uit-de-nerdniche-komen-a4924552

https://www.sambent.com/proton-helped-the-fbi-unmask-a-protester-then-said-they-didnt/

https://www.sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-what-they-told-you/