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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503

Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!

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[–] emmy67 32 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Yeah this really makes me doubt the security of the service.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] emmy67 0 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Someone willing to bend the knee so easily to an oppressive government when it wasn't even necessary makes me suspicious how quickly they'd hand over my data if asked.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not letting people have opinions you disagree with makes me suspicious of how willing you would be to oppress others.

[–] emmy67 0 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, Trump is known to deal kindly with those who have different opinions.

Congrats on the self own

[–] [email protected] 0 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, I bet the US government wants all your heavily encrypted data.

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