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A second Andy Yen interview has hit the Web: Proton CEO gets needlessly political, again (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by LWD@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Proton CEO Andy Yen gave a surprisingly sharp interview to the Swiss magazine "watson" (source in German: https://www.watson.ch/digital/wirtschaft/517198902-proton-schweiz-chef-andy-yen-zum-ausbau-der-staatlichen-ueberwachung). He warned that Proton might leave Switzerland if new surveillance laws are passed, which aligns with the company’s strong pro-privacy stance. So far, nothing unexpected.

However, Yen’s remarks about Swiss officials - describing them as lifelong bureaucrats, all lazy, and incompetent - came across as arrogant and out of place, almost like something you’d expect from a capitalism praising Trump supporter. he also was quoted in the interview, that the US works better (so they consider to move there?).

The interview left me speechless, and I’m certain I won’t be considering Proton for any of my future projects

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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I assume this is poster's seelf deletion because otherwise more of the post would be gone including title and creator. is this a smear campaign?

I mean, things we have seen in the past does not inspire a lot of trust, but what is this?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Proton and considering divesting. What are good alternatives without US ties?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't think there's any all-in-one services like Proton. !PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world has a few suggestions, https://european-alternatives.eu/ has others. You'll likely have to piecemeal things if you had the full Proton suite.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm only using the email though so it is not a hard transition.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This is a thinly-veiled attempt at leveraging his past comments to make a normal boring interview seem like a firecracker. Disingenuous as fuck, from title to body.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The person Andy claimed to support in his past comments is someone named Gail Slater. You should look into her career. She's very objective and fact-based.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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