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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: 2) by chromas on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:18AM
That never happened. He's a piece of shit. There's no need to make things up. He said women would let someone rich and famous do anything and then he gave a ridiculous example. If women let you grab 'em by the pussy™ then it's not assault.
How many trillions in debt are we? Sounds like he'll fit right in.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:04PM
Actually, after the election I looked up the president most historians say was the worst, James Buchannan, who they say caused the Civil War. His Wikipedia's page shows his government experience looks strikingly like Clinton's experience, so I'll say we were screwed no matter who won.
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(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday November 19 2016, @02:34AM
Stat I've seen was 9 bankruptcies... vs some hundreds of viable businesses. That's one helluva business success rate, when the normal fail rate is somewhere close to half.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.