Interesting they'd chose to move to germany with their infra after the whole "gov sued Tutanota into providing a backdoor into e2ee email and won" thing happened. I've been with proton specifically because they are one of the few privacy focused email providers that isnt based in germany. Maybe it's time to say screw it and host my own, even if deliverability is gonna be an issue. I don't feel like my email is safe if it's hosted in germany.
"Proton's CEO Andy Yen confirmed that the proposed changes to the Swiss surveillance law made the company opt for Germany instead to host Lumo's servers. Proton has also confirmed it's also developing facilities in Norway.
While the company did not specify that Germany would become the new home of the majority of its infrastructure, Proton confirmed to TechRadar that investing in Europe doesn't equate to leaving Switzerland."
Tor Browser first. Now Proton. Sad. Whatever their PR says after this - doesn't matter. This X post may be, just may be and it's clear speculation on my side, a warrant canary. But I don't want to test that assumption ... So, I'm out. Used them since the very beginning.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 22.8 ms ] threadWhile the company did not specify that Germany would become the new home of the majority of its infrastructure, Proton confirmed to TechRadar that investing in Europe doesn't equate to leaving Switzerland."