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from the team:

Hi, everyone,

If you haven’t visited our blog recently, here’s an overview of the Drive-related articles published in the last three months:

➕Thinking about a spring cleaning for your devices? We can help.

📦 Data backup is vital for businesses and individuals alike: In case something happens to your primary computer, you always have a copy of your data to fall back on. To make sure you’re backing up properly, we recommend following the 3-2-1 backup rule.

👪 Whether it’s photos or documents, it’s always good to know how to share files safely.

❌ Still using Dropbox? We’ve taken a closer look at their privacy policy and their security so far, and we recommend that you delete your account.

⏩ Finding it difficult to leave Google Drive behind? Here’s a tip how to provide additional protection to your files there. And once you’re ready to delete your files there, here are tips to make sure they are deleted: https://proton.me/blog/how-to-delete-files-from-google-drive.

You can follow our blog here (we have an RSS feed, too), and we welcome all your suggestions about what we should write about next! Let us know in the comments below.

from the team:

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Hi everyone,

We’re happy to announce that we’ve now launched the Proton Mail macOS and Windows apps out of beta.

Thanks to your valuable feedback, we’ve added more than 20 new features and fixes from the release of the first beta versions of the apps.

The new Proton Mail desktop apps are here to make your private inbox faster and more productive with:

🌓 Desktop-optimized design that syncs with light & dark mode

📆 Integrated Proton Calendar in app switcher

🎭 Events and hide-my-email aliases in side-panel

🔔 Dedicated app notifications

♻️ Automatic updates for the latest features & security improvements

➕ And much more

🐧If you’re a Linux user, you can join the desktop app beta here:

https://proton.me/support/mail-desktop-app

With the release of the desktop apps, Proton Mail is now available on all major desktop and mobile platforms, offering over 100 million people worldwide a private alternative to Big Tech, regardless of their device.

➡️ Learn more and get the desktop apps here: https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-desktop-app

Access to the desktop apps is included in all Proton premium plans. Free plans come with a 14-day trial.

As always, we welcome your feedback and we’re grateful for your continuous support.

Stay safe,

Proton team

From the team:

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Hi everyone,

We've been a bit quiet with announcements since the start of the year, with most of our efforts focused on scaling up our server infrastructure to stay ahead of the demands of our rapidly growing supporter base.

This has included adding 14 new countries to support voters in countries with a history of censorship or political interference in the weeks leading up to their election, as well as working to reduce blocking in censored countries, decreasing CAPTCHAs, and increasing download speeds, most notably in France and Germany where we have recently upgraded the last of our 1Gbps servers to 10Gbps. On top of that, we've also added over 700 new servers across multiple countries since the year started, including over 100 in the USA, and more than 50 in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, each: https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers/](https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers

Overall quality, reliability, and performance across all platforms will continue to be a key focus area for us in the coming months.

As some of you have already seen from the Android beta release, we have also been working on an improved user interface to make Proton VPN better for you. Expect to see that out for Android and Windows in the coming weeks, with our other platforms to follow. And if you have feedback for us, please share it in the comments!

But we have also been working away on some of the new features that you have all been asking for. Here is an update from the development team on some of them:

• Apple TV support: Work has started, and we're aiming for a summer 2024 release.

• Stealth protocol on the Windows app: We've made a lot of progress on this and should have this out in the summer of 2024 as well.

• Split Tunneling for the Android TV app: We're aiming for late spring/early summer 2024, to be followed by a split tunneling solution for our macOS app.

• More for Linux! We just released the Advanced Kill Switch for Linux ( https://protonvpn.com/support/permanent-kill-switch/ ), but there is more to come. Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for a beta of our next feature - Wireguard support.

• IPv6: Thanks to everyone who helped us with multiple rounds of testing. We're looking to have this out in a summer/autumn 2024 timeframe after the four previously mentioned items are out the door.

As always, thank you for your support and feedback. We wouldn't be able to do it without you.

Stay safe,

Proton Team

From the team:

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Hi everyone,

This year, over 60 countries — home to half of the world's population — will hold national elections. As we've seen time and time again, VPNs have repeatedly proven effective anti-censorship tools, allowing people to find trustworthy news sources and access obstructed content.

To ensure people can access accurate information before they cast their vote, we will provide free Proton VPN servers in countries with a history of censorship or political interference in the weeks leading up to the elections:

https://protonvpn.com/blog/free-servers-before-elections

The selected servers will be switched from paid to free for the election period.

List of countries holding elections this year where Proton VPN will provide free servers:

• Pakistan (Free servers already available)
• Turkey
• Togo
• Chad
• Mauritania
• Rwanda
• Mozambique
• Somaliland
• Mauritius
• Senegal
• Algeria
• South Sudan
• Venezuela
• Sri Lanka

List of countries that already held elections and where Proton VPN provided free servers:

• Cambodia
• Indonesia

Since we launched Proton VPN Observatory, we have documented spikes in Proton VPN signups in real-time, making it an effective measurement of anti-censorship activity in response to various crises worldwide.

We believe this, along with expanding our server infrastructure to include over 3,600 servers in 85 countries, will help improve the accessibility to an unrestricted, free Internet globally.

Thank you for your support,

The Proton Team

From the Proton Team:

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Hi everyone,

We're making a price adjustment for Proton Pass Plus.

At Proton, we rarely change prices. For example, Proton Mail Plus has had the same price for ten years despite having more features now.

As a community-funded organization, Proton is not primarily profit-driven, and our prices are only influenced by operating costs, not pressure from venture capital investors. As we raise prices when costs increase, we believe it's only fair to reduce prices when costs decrease.

Due to the rapid adoption of Proton's password manager, we've achieved economies of scale sooner than anticipated.

As a result, we're happy to announce that new and existing Proton Pass Plus plan subscribers can now enjoy a reduced monthly price of $1.99 (previously $3.99) on annual subscriptions.

You can find more details in our blog post here: https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-price-change

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Hey,

Proton Pass is open source and has now passed an independent security audit (by Cure53). The Android and iOS apps source code can be found here, the browser extensions source code for Firefox and Chrome-based browsers (including Edge) can be found here.

Proton has also completed an independent security audit conducted by Cure53 for all Proton Pass applications and browser extensions, along with the Proton API. This was a “white box” audit, meaning the security researchers were given full access to the Proton Pass source code, along with full access to Proton Pass engineers.

More information can be found in the blog post over here. The audit report can also be found in the blog post.