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ProtonMail suggests fear of the Donald prompting lockdown
"ProtonMail follows the Swiss policy of neutrality. We do not take any position for or against Trump," the Swiss company's CEO stated on Monday, before revealing that new user sign-ups immediately doubled following Trump's election victory.
ProtonMail has published figures showing that as soon as the election results rolled in, the public began to seek out privacy-focused services such as its own.
CEO Andy Yen said that, in communicating with these new users, the company found people apprehensive about the decisions that President Trump might take and what they would mean considering the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
"Given Trump's campaign rhetoric against journalists, political enemies, immigrants, and Muslims, there is concern that Trump could use the new tools at his disposal to target certain groups," Yen said. "As the NSA currently operates completely out of the public eye with very little legal oversight, all of this could be done in secret."
ProtonMail was launched back in May 2014 by scientists who had met at CERN and MIT. In response to the Snowden revelations regarding collusion between the NSA and other email providers such as Google, they created a government-resistant, end-to-end encrypted email service.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/14/protonmail_subs_double_after_trump_victory/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @09:09PM
Hitler did not magically disappear/deport all jews/homosexuals/gypsies/etc, he had the help of the people.
(Score: 2) by dry on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:11AM
Actually he had the help of most of the world. Hitler just wanted them out of his country, and the first thing he did was try to deport them. There were ships of Jews sailing around the world looking for a friendly port. No one wanted them. He's second idea was to ship them all to Madagascar, which was not practical. After considering how most of the rest of the world considered Jews, he decided on a final solution.
Note that the second largest group that he tried to exterminate, the Romani, are still prosecuted in many countries.
Note also that Hitler shook Jesse Owens hand, something that the President of the USA refused to do. Those were openly racist times and much of the racism is still there under the surface.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:21PM
Yeah, if grandparents can remember a time of full-bore racism then that shit trickles down to the kids/grandkids. If we can keep things moving towards equality it will probably be another 50-100 years for racism to really die out. Any anthropologists / psychologists have a more hopeful projection?
~Tilting at windmills~