Comment by overfeed
6 hours ago
I'll go out on a limb and say it: it's an American cybersecurity agency. Proton's CEO/Proton[1] loves the current US admin. I wouldn't be surprised if they comply now and ask questions later, if at all.
1. According to the now-deleted Reddit comment from the official Proton account glazing Republicans, so I assume they were speaking on behalf of all of Proton. https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-tru.... I have zero evidence except for the CEOs questionable public statements, but I wouldn't be surprised if Proton turned out to be the 21st century Crypto AG.
Proton is a honey watering hole pot. This has always been clear.
> Proton's CEO/Proton[1] loves the current US admin
The CEO once expressed support for Gail Slater as head of antitrust and subsequently criticized lack of effective work towards tech regulation on the Democratic side in the same social media thread.
Calling that "love for the current US admin" (which hadn't even taken office when those statements were made) is pure disinformation.
if I didn't knew better, that would sound plausible, but the truth is much more boring (for the better)