Proton CEO says in Reddit thread that Proton Chat 'probably' coming
The CEO of Proton, a software company that offers privacy-friendly services, says that the company is 'probably' going to offer a chat function. He says this after the European Parliament approved chat control.
Proton CEO Andy Yen says 'we are probably going to do that now that chat control has been adopted' in response to a plea from a Reddit user to start offering the feature. Chat control is the ability for tech companies to scan chats for child abuse material, and the European Parliament approved this on Thursday. Proton opposes this, because the company prides itself on privacy and disapproves of scanning communication for any reason whatsoever.
Proton currently has no chat program of its own. The company offers Meet as an alternative to Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Additionally, Proton offers the AI chatbot Lumo. Yen thinks it is a good idea if the chat function works with anonymous usernames instead of Proton accounts. Proton started offering encrypted email in the 2010s and now has many more services, including a VPN service, password manager, web storage, apps for documents and spreadsheets, and a calendar. It is a Swiss company.