“We want to show that the Google and Facebook vision of the internet - surveillance capitalism - isn’t the only one out there. “Proton’s mission is to try to build an internet that puts people first - more ethical and more socially responsible - and we do that by building our business model around user privacy,” Yen said. Unlike free email services, which often make money by marketing users’ personal information, Proton never sells customer information to third parties and is instead funded through subscriptions. ProtonMail was developed to guarantee user privacy and security by utilizing zero-knowledge, end-to-end, and PGP encryption standards. Launched in 2014, Proton Mail has 50 million sign-ups and is popular with journalists, activists, and professionals in industries with higher security needs. “We’ve hired around a dozen people already.” Protect your communications with encrypted email that is private by default. Your privacy is ensured by strong encryption, open-source code, and Swiss privacy laws. “As a business working for consumers defending the rights of our users, we want to be located where our customers are located and the UK is easily within the top five of our customer base. Proton provides easy-to-use encrypted email, calendar, file storage, and VPN built on the principle of your data, your rules. Proton Mail, which lets users exchange private messages using end-to-end encryption, hopes to hire up to 100 staff in the UK as part of its global expansion plans.ĬEO and founder Andy Yen said: “Now that Boris is finally relaxing some of the Covid measures we’ll be looking to establish an office somewhere in central London. A secure email business advised by inventor of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee is to set up shop in central London.

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