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Yes, what possible benefit could a Swiss company that sells privacy might receive from cozing up to a fascist state?
Lies about what the CEO said with the official account.
One of his direct statements btw:
"10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.โ
Thinks non-profit is anything but a tax status. Hasn't paid enough attention to all the "non-profit" companies switching to for-profit as soon as it's financially convenient, much less the "non-profits" that only exist to funnel money to their overpaid executives.
Doesn't realize that Proton's biggest security vulnerability is Proton the organization.
Fucking lol. Actual clown shit trying to bait people into the honeypot.
Yeah, I don't get if these are Proton PR bots, or they're just heavily invested in the company and are in denial. They just take that PR, add some flourish then a bunch of unrelated BS.
Neither.
I elaborated on my reasons on a comment above.
It's also called critical thinking for me, which means I don't get influenced by whatever the new scandal in the fediverse is for who is a bad guy, and I try to think for myself. Being a security engineer I also think to possess some competencies when it comes to understand technical setup and topics like encryption, so again, I don't take other people opinions (possibly unqualified) as gospel.
That said, I have specifically listed some points to back my own side, disagreeing with those (which would be nice to elaborate on) doesn't make other people PR bots or corporate fanboys. This is a mental shortcut to avoid challenging your own opinion IMHO. I am not suggesting everyone here is a google shill aiming to sabotage valid competitors, for example.
It's not called critical thinking it's called being a troll. And I'm not respond to you with anything but this statement.
"It is harder to convince someone they have been tricked than to trick them in the first place" and such.
A long comment that doesn't say anything.
Yes. What? Is Trump going to send them customers? Money directly? What is the benefit. If it is so obvious to you, state it clearly.
Quoted out of context. Yes, he thinks that Republicans are more likely to fight against big tech. Stupid? Naive? Probably. But it still doesn't mean supporting Republicans in general (or Trump). BTW, don't take my word for it, he explicitly elaborated that point in a reddit comment.
Imagine lol Proton is still a for profit company (tax status muh) but it is controlled by a nonprofit, which means that the steering wheel of the for profit company is in the hands of an organization with no profit motive, with a solid board. Now let me hear the mental gymnastic about tax status.
Again a sentence that doesn't mean anything. You want to explicitly say what this threat model means? Go ahead. Throwing things like this is pointless.
Keep your tinfoil hat, I don't care. I am not promoting even, I am stating some facts about the fact that it seems very unlikely that Proton will backdoor their encryption for no reason but to please Trump.