In today’s post we talk about Proton, the Swiss privacy powerhouse which builds a secure ecosystem🇨🇭✨.

What is Proton?

Protoon is. asuite of privacy-focused digital services based in Switzerland 🇨🇭 and operated by Proton AG< a company majoritary-owned by the non-profit Proton Foundation. Proton started as Proton Mail in 2014, then evolved into complete digital ecosystem including Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar, Proton Pass, and Proton Wallet.

With over 100 million users worldwide, proton offers end-to-end encrypted alternatives to digital ecosystems provided by Big Tech such as Google and Microsoft.

Why choose Proton?

🔒 Privacy: Every Proton service uses end-to-end encryption as standard and ensures zero-access encryption; in other words, not even Proton can read your data.

🇨🇭Swiss law: Your data is protected under the strong privacy laws of Switzzerlands, some of the world’s most robust.

🌟 Complete ecosystem: Proton is a comprehensive alternative to big tech’s ecosystems, providing secure mail, VPN, calendar, password manager, etc. Basically, the most important sub-(eco)systems a user may need!

💰 Fair Pricing: Generous free tiers with transparent and good pricing for premium features.

Why it fits our vision

At the Network Institute through SoftwareEU, we support a digital Europe that prioritizes ethics, autonomy, and user rights; we argue that Proton embodies these values smoothly, and is a testimony that digital ecosystems can be both powerful, ethical, and respect users’ privacy. Proton seems to put people before profits.

👉 Try Proton: proton.me