I am Swiss, but haven't looked into this in detail. My understanding is that the new law basically would require logging user data, with a six-month retention. While this isn't great, the EU is continually pressing for backdoors in encryption. That's far worse.
Hence, I think Proton's move is really about reducing costs, with the potential Swiss law as an excuse.
> Hence, I think Proton's move is really about reducing costs, with the potential Swiss law as an excuse.
And it sounds like blackmail: "if you don't do what we ask, we leave the country". Seems like more and more companies are doing that. Interesting to use blackmail while defending freedom, if you ask me.
Hence, I think Proton's move is really about reducing costs, with the potential Swiss law as an excuse.