Proton

Hey everyone, we have heard your concerns about Proton’s AI strategy and culture and after internal discussions, we want to share a few things with you. First, Proton does not install tracking software on employees' laptops to measure how much AI-generated code they produce. This rumor stemmed from a misunderstanding about how MDM software works, and it's not true. Second, our use of AI will never be at the expense of security. In the past year, contrary to what has been alleged, additional layers of security review have been added to meet the threat posed by hostile AIs scanning Proton's open-source code for vulnerabilities. Our code is open source, and its security remains open for all to verify. We want to prove this to you, so in the interest of transparency, we will lift the hood on how we use AI internally at Proton. This includes publicly releasing and open sourcing several of the internal tools that we use, including more advanced versions of Lumo with greater capabilities, which have never been made available outside of the company. We will also publish how code reviews and security reviews at Proton are done, and detail our AI policies, including where AI is permitted, and where it is not, and our rationale. Instead of just being able to see the final open-source code that we produce to verify security, you will also be able to assess how that code was produced. Lastly, we are not re-interviewing our staff about AI usage, and there are no job losses due to AI re-interviews. You can hold us to these commitments. We're aware that we haven't lived up to the high standard you ought to hold us to, and for that we can only apologize, we are sorry.

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$25 billion is a clear warning to Big Tech. The business model built on collecting and monetizing people’s data is still standing. Read our full rundown: proton.me/blog/meta-25-billi… 10/10

Meta argues the state never showed consumers were harmed, and plans to appeal; this could take years, and the penalty doesn’t change how Facebook handles your data today. If you're concerned about that, you should follow our checklist: proton.me/blog/stop-meta-tra… 9/10

Meta began using AI chats to personalise ads, and its Muse AI agent shared a Marketplace seller’s home address with a buyer without asking. Instagram has also dropped end-to-end encryption for direct messages. 8/10

This is far from the only privacy row Meta has been in. A former Meta product manager alleged the company used internal data matching to get around Apple’s tracking rules. Users reported Meta AI scanning their camera rolls without explicit consent. 7/10

New Mexico’s penalty is more than 50 times that $459 million. Facebook users won’t see any of it, mind: under New Mexico law, consumer protection penalties fund public education. With that money, well, that's a lotta education. 6/10

New Mexico was the only state to take its Cambridge Analytica claims to trial. In August, 46 other states and two territories settled theirs for about $459 million, part of a $17 billion Meta settlement that mostly covered teen safety. 5/10

The state asked for up to $40 billion. Meta proposed between $345 million and $3.45 billion. Judge Francis Mathew set the penalty at $25 billion, plus 15% annual interest until Meta pays. That is much nearer to the state’s figure than Meta’s... 4/10

In September 2026, a jury found Meta responsible for more than 40 million violations of the state’s Unfair Practices Act. At up to $5,000 per violation, the maximum was nearly $220 billion. 3/10

The case goes back to Cambridge Analytica, which harvested data from as many as 87 million Facebook profiles. New Mexico sued in 2021, arguing that Facebook told users they were in control of their own information while failing to explain how third parties could access it. 2/10

Meta just got hit with the largest penalty ever imposed on the company. A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 bn for misleading Facebook users about how their data was protected. That's 5 times the $5 bn the FTC handed Facebook in 2019. Let's dig further... 1/10

Create anything with Lumo. Nothing is im-paw-ssible.

Proton Meet now has waiting rooms & chat threads. The entry gate is entirely cryptographic, so until the host admits you, you’re not in the call’s encrypted group and have no keys, and therefore no access to the audio, video or chat. Private meetings just got more private.

As the data isn't publicly accessible anymore, we can't be sure what's what -- so it's probably safe to assume that some of these "In Planning" devices are already live, if not most of them. Similarly, it could be that some devices are out of commission. That's what @therealDeFlock is building, a more accurate and up-to-date version that relies on reports from people on the ground (maps.deflock.org) Ours is simply a tool based on JM's research that found a lot more than what Flock has disclosed and what people have been able to find and report so far; a more comprehensive map.