“A first step in Europe” – Proton slams Switzerland's new surveillance bill at the United Nations Forum

While the point is absolutely fair to make, I have a hard time taking Proton seriously after their leadership came out in support of orangeboi, and then the organization didn’t really even try to walk any of that back, or distance themselves from it.

Proton has already begun to cut some ties with Switzerland over "legal uncertainty." Lumo is the first product to change home, with Germany currently hosting its servers.

The company has also confirmed it's developing facilities in Norway, while investing over €100 million to build a "sovereign European stack" for its services, ensuring it "can’t be held hostage by Switzerland" if the laws change for the worse.

Switzerland's loss is Germany and Norway's gain

Time to start your own encrypted, chat and email servers. With blackjack and hookers.

If I can't trust Proton, I'm done. Neo-Luddism it is.