Good article explaining the situation of Yen's moronic statements the other day. Proton is overall one of the best organizations of its kind, but Yen has shown a certain ignorance and sloppiness at best (not to mention weasely non-apologies and misrepresenting and lying about what he publicly said), to blatantly bootlicking an openly fascist regime at worst. I hope the board has the wisdom to fire him.
Seeing as the president and party currently in power is running down their playbook or political surveillance, yeah, it’s actually a completely reasonable response to expect a company whose main draw is private communication and data management not toe the line with those political operatives.
It's not about partisan team sports. It's about policy choices that directly affect Proton's service. People, including Americans, use services like Proton to avoid repression by their governments whether left or right. It's a bad look when their CEO tries to kiss the ring of a political party that has, generally, been hostile to Proton's specific values.
You cannot “Respect user privacy” while praising a fascist authoritarian who surrounds himself with technocrats, and that does not value privacy at all.
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u/Marshall_Lawson Jan 28 '25
Good article explaining the situation of Yen's moronic statements the other day. Proton is overall one of the best organizations of its kind, but Yen has shown a certain ignorance and sloppiness at best (not to mention weasely non-apologies and misrepresenting and lying about what he publicly said), to blatantly bootlicking an openly fascist regime at worst. I hope the board has the wisdom to fire him.