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Proton Mail goes AI, security-focused userbase goes ‘what on earth’ (pivot-to-ai.com)
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we appear to be the first to write up the outrage coherently too. much thanks to the illustrious @self

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[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (31 children)

"Pro privacy" company that cucked to the state to get a climate activist arrested (against their privacy policy that they sneakily change after the fact) are actually a bunch of typical corporate grifters that sell out their userbase to promote shitty llm garbage? Nawwwwwww. Say it ain't so! It's like every week or month after I argue about these shitty fake privacy companies with idiots in c/privacy I recieve massive vindication. Maybe this is my sign to become a man of faith.

[–] Banshee@midwest.social 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm also sick of hearing about Swiss privacy laws. Their intelligence service got busted covering for a US and German spy front operation in Switzerland. If it happened once, I promise it has happened before and since.

Edit for those who can't click: a front company in Switzerland sold fake encrypted communications services around the world for years, possibly decades, with the assistance of Swiss intelligence agencies.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it's as if swiss privacy laws are only useful for big time, pre-crypto, old school money laundering

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Swiss privacy" for online services is a bit like "Swiss made" for expensive watches - a marketing term.

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