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Proton VPN boss compares Switzerland to Russia and claims it could leave the country over proposed law (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 1 day ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world

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[–] Steve 174 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do I need to quote the article for people?

Switzerland's current surveillance law instructs mobile networks and internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and store user data. The proposed change would extend this to VPNs, messaging apps, and social media companies.

Yen described it as a "major violation of the right to privacy" – something that directly contradicts Proton's "privacy by default" tagline.

"This revision attempts to implement something that has been deemed illegal in the EU and the United States," Yen claimed. "The only country in Europe with a roughly equivalent law is Russia."

His response seems accurate and reasonable.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thanks for the sanity. I'd also add this quote:

"The law would become almost identical to the one in force today in Russia. It's an untenable situation. We would be less confidential as a company in Switzerland than Google, based in the United States. So it's impossible for our business model."

I think people read the headline and think he said they could operate in Russia when he clearly says they do not. Unfortunately he doesn't say which countries he would even consider moving the business to.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

Seems like Somalia would be perfect

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Probably because they have no idea where they'd move at this stage. Every year an encryption backdoor is proposed in the EU. The EU is not far behind the US when it comes to mass surveillance and the destruction of privacy.

[–] Eril@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago

And the rest of the comments didn't even bother to read more than the headline (as usual 😑).