Notices by Proton (protonprivacy@mastodon.social)

Who should we support this year with the 7th Proton Lifetime Charity Fundraiser?

After raising $730K last year, we’ve now donated over $2.7 million to organizations around the world that align with our mission. Nominations are open until November 13th. https://proton.me/blog/lifetime-fundraiser-survey-2024

Using Google Authenticator? Read this.👇

"It may collect data from at least eight different data categories, including your phone's contact list, the photos and videos on your device, plus your phone number and physical address."

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/google-authenticator

Calling all students in the US, UK, France, and Germany! 📣

Tag a friend in need of these back to school deals: https://proton.me/blog/proton-student-discounts

We're also running our deGoogle campaign and Black Friday is coming up soon. https://proton.me/degoogle

@forteller We're sorry to hear that, you can report abuse directly at: https://proton.me/support/report-abuse

@condalmo Hi there, and yes it does. 🙂

New feature this week in #ProtonMail for desktop!

🔄 Now you can switch between your Proton accounts from the Proton Mail desktop app, and stay logged in to all of them.

Available for #Windows, #macOS, and #Linux: https://proton.me/mail/download

LinkedIn is using your data for AI training by default. Here's how to opt-out. 🚨

Tap on your profile > Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement

@thestrangelet We're really not quick into AI or Bitcoin (and one shouldn't confuse Bitcoin with "crypto"). To put it in perspective, we are slower into supporting Bitcoin than even the big banks who have been issuing Bitcoin ETFs. And we are one of the last companies to build AI functionality, and we did it just for B2B users, and with a local only model that doesn't leak data. We are not by any means a quick mover, but rather a quite slow and cautious mover overall.

At Proton VPN, 'no logs' means 'no logs.' We don't track your activity or retain it for later analysis— claims our independent security audits confirm.

Our audits are fully available to the public without the need to share any data or agree to any terms: https://protonvpn.com/blog/no-logs-audit/

@TeflonTrout There seems to be a misunderstanding - no user data is used to train any AI, and AI is not integrated in our products. The Proton Scribe AI assistant can be integrated in Proton Mail only at the request of the users themselves. It also doesn't store any user information - it can only read prompts provided by the user directly, and once they are processed they are deleted along with the content it has generated.

@saluki We may seek to add fiat currency capabilities in the future, this requires a Swiss banking license and is, therefore, not possible today.

Google Password Manager is just one more tool used to control your digital identity and profit from your data.

Here's why you should think twice before feeding more data into the Google surveillance ecosystem. https://proton.me/blog/google-password-manager-security

ChatGPT and other #AI tools are generally horrible for privacy.
At the same time, they are being used by over a billion people due to their productivity benefits. From that perspective, AI is inevitable, so the real question becomes: Is it possible to build AI in a #privacy-first way?

Here's a look at how it could be done: https://proton.me/blog/how-to-build-privacy-first-ai

@Brendanjones @forteller Hi! Docs is available to all Proton users, including free accounts.

Collaborators will need a Proton account and the email invitation includes a link to the Proton sign-up page. We do support signing up for Drive accounts with an external email address too.

Say hi to Docs: end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editing in Proton Drive

✍️ Create, edit, and share documents securely
🤝 Collaborate in real-time with live cursors, presence indicators, and comments
↕️ Import/export with ease

Docs starts rolling out in #ProtonDrive today, and it will be available to everyone over the next few days.

Make sure you're running the latest versions of the Drive apps to try it out soon!

Find out more: https://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drive

"The fact that the EU interior ministers want to exempt police officers, soldiers, intelligence officers and even themselves from chat control scanning proves that they know exactly just how unreliable and dangerous the snooping algorithms are that they want to unleash on us citizens."

https://www.eureporter.co/business/data/mass-surveillance-data/2024/04/15/leak-eu-interior-ministers-want-to-exempt-themselves-from-chat-control-bulk-scanning-of-private-messages/

Microsoft neglected a critical vulnerability for years, paving the way for the SolarWinds cyberattack, one of the largest ever experienced by the US.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers

@jakecarpenter @BeAware The post has been updated, thanks!

Dashlane users on a free plan with 25+ logins will wake up on June 6th with a read-only account. No more editing or autofilling passwords.

Luckily, a free #ProtonPass account includes unlimited passwords. Sign up for Proton Pass Plus by June 16th and get your first year for just $10 instead of $23.88). https://account.proton.me/pass/signup?&coupon=DPROMO

Proton Pass now includes:
✨ Passkey support
✨ Dark Web Monitoring
✨ Password Health
✨ Available on the web, mobile and Windows
✨ Coming soon to Mac, Linux and Safari