It's possible that the heat on Proton is a smear campaign.

submitted by cm0002 to privacy 11 points | 10 comments > The guy went on a lobbying trip to DC and was heard by GOP folks and not dems. So what? That’s all we know. Were dems busy that day? Did he try a different approach when he talked to the right. Anyone can go to DC and be heard or ignored on a lobbying trip. > > Also, the content creator of the video was not vetted for sponsorship because they don’t usually do that. They admitted fault and are changing procedures to appropriately vet moving forward. I think their marketing team might even be external. Also, fascists never admit fault or accept accountability. > > This sounds like big tech doesn’t want competition. You’ve seen google prevent side loading, and do a ton of shady things at this point. Why not a smear campaign too? > > Thus guy might be a raging fascist dickhead for all I know. I’m just pointing out that the supposed evidence falls short and proves nothing. > > 1. Concerns I see are that Proton encourages you to import spam from your last account > > 2. They were lobbying in the US (there are good reasons to do that though) > > 3. They send your gmail notifications that you have new Proton emails along with details of that email if you use your old gmail as a recovery while transitioning - just use a different recovery email > > > > None of those actual concerns have anything to do with far right ideologies. OC by @ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com