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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503

Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good to know, I was just going off what OP said

[–] forensic_potato@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks for the update! I guess I shouldn't have taken him at his screenshot

Yea, I maybe misunderstood what the non-profit structure meant. He is still "CEO", but my point was that he isn't the sole owner, or some dictator. Even if he want to start spying on people, he still needs to get other board members of the non-profit to agree.

[–] forensic_potato@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Happy to help! This is already an important conversation and we need to be all caught up on the basics at least :)