For a decade, Proton has cultivated the public image of a good company fighting for users’ privacy and security.
This investigation shows that behind closed doors, it has become a toxic place where its CEO is pushing for AI at all costs, and mistreating employees—including when engineers raise concerns that using AI without care may compromise security.
https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/
404 MediaManifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI ReckoningProton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.