{"company":{"name":"Proton","slug":"proton-me","website":"https://proton.me","category":"security"},"question":"What has Proton shipped recently?","answer":"In the last 30 days, Proton shipped 12 tracked updates. The most recent was \"Australia’s opt-out law could change how social media algorithms work\" on 2026-09-04.","window":{"days":30,"updateCount":12,"returned":12},"generatedAt":"2026-09-21T04:15:18.781Z","updates":[{"title":"Australia’s opt-out law could change how social media algorithms work","summary":"Australia plans to introduce laws allowing users aged 16+ to disable algorithm-driven feeds, requiring platforms to offer chronological 'My Feed, My Way' options. The eSafety Commissioner would enforce compliance with fines up to A$100M, while the EU’s Digital Services Act serves as a precedent for similar opt-out mechanisms.","date":"2026-09-04","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"legal_regulatory","signalTypeLabel":"Legal","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/social-media-algorithm","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Password health checks: how to continuously audit your business credentials","summary":"Proton introduced password health monitoring as a continuous feature in Proton Pass for Business to address evolving credential risks like reused passwords, inactive accounts, and breached credentials. Unlike one-time audits, this ongoing monitoring provides real-time visibility into weak, reused, or exposed passwords and inactive accounts, enabling admins to prioritize fixes before risks escalate.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/password-health-check","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Team password management: How to organize password vaults by department","summary":"Proton Pass for Business now supports organizing password vaults by department or team, enabling group-based access control aligned with least privilege principles. This replaces informal sharing methods like spreadsheets or chat threads, which become unmanageable as teams grow. The update includes structured vaults for finance, marketing, IT, and other teams, with automated onboarding/offboarding via group memberships.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/team-password-management-by-department","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Become a Proton Pass managed service provider (MSP) with our new program","summary":"Proton Pass introduced a pilot program for managed service providers (MSPs) to sell and manage Proton Pass Professional subscriptions through a dedicated portal. The program targets MSPs to expand Proton Pass adoption among SMBs, offering a feature-rich managed services interface and collaborative development of MSP-specific features.","date":"2026-08-28","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"product_launch","signalTypeLabel":"Launch","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/password-manager-msp-pilot","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"How to choose remote work tools that don’t create security debt","summary":"Proton warns that fragmented remote work tools create 'security debt' through gaps in access control, audit trails, and data sovereignty, citing that 25% of SMBs experienced breaches last year. The post promotes Proton’s Workspace as a unified, end-to-end encrypted alternative to disparate tools like Slack, Zoom, and Dropbox.","date":"2026-08-27","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/remote-work-tools","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Team collaboration software: 7 tools that won’t waste your money","summary":"Proton introduced Proton Workspace, a unified platform consolidating email, calendar, video conferencing, cloud storage, and document collaboration under one encrypted stack. The post argues that disconnected tools create hidden costs, security risks, and administrative burdens, while a single platform reduces expenses and strengthens data privacy.","date":"2026-08-27","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/team-collaboration-software","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"AI is making phishing attacks more sophisticated: What can businesses do about it?","summary":"Proton highlights that AI-powered phishing attacks now produce highly convincing, personalized messages that bypass traditional red flags like poor grammar. These attacks leverage generative AI to impersonate companies, localize scams, and scale social engineering efforts. Businesses must adapt training and defenses, including layered controls like MFA, verified communication processes, and secure credential management via Proton Pass for Business.","date":"2026-08-27","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/business/blog/ai-phishing-attacks","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"How to scan a document on iPhone","summary":"Proton Drive now supports direct document scanning on iPhones running iOS 26, enabling users to capture, edit, and save PDFs to end-to-end encrypted cloud storage. The feature includes automatic page detection, multi-page PDF creation, and secure sharing with password protection and expiration dates.","date":"2026-08-26","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/how-to-scan-a-document-on-iphone","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"August 27 outage: Incident report","summary":"A cooling system failure in Proton’s Frankfurt datacenter on August 26–27, 2026, led to temperatures exceeding 60°C, causing server and network equipment failures. Critical database failovers were delayed due to manual oversight to avoid split-brain scenarios, extending downtime. Most services were restored by 01:30 CEST, but some systems recovered by 02:00 CEST. No emails were lost, but delivery was delayed.","date":"2026-08-25","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"security_incident","signalTypeLabel":"Security","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/august-27-outage-incident-report","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"What is Proton’s mission? Let us tell you.","summary":"Proton published a new video featuring CEO Andy Yen and team members outlining the company’s mission to counter Big Tech’s data exploitation through end-to-end encryption across all products. The video emphasizes Proton’s nonprofit foundation structure and its commitment to funding free tiers for at-risk users globally.","date":"2026-08-25","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/proton-mission-video","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Meta reaches $17.1 billion settlement over teen social media addiction claims","summary":"Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion and overhaul Facebook and Instagram to settle claims that it engineered platforms to addict young users and violated child-privacy laws. The deal resolves a federal trial and includes injunctive terms like time limits and overnight blocks for teen users.","date":"2026-08-25","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"legal_regulatory","signalTypeLabel":"Legal","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/meta-teen-addiction-settlement","publisher":"proton.me"},{"title":"Is the ChatGPT iMessage a helpful assistant or a privacy backdoor?","summary":"OpenAI launched a ChatGPT plugin for Apple Messages in August 2026, enabling AI to read, search, summarize, draft, and send messages from Macs. While Apple’s iMessage uses end-to-end encryption, enabling the plugin exposes message content to OpenAI’s servers and privacy policies, potentially training models or retaining data indefinitely. The integration also requires Full Disk Access on Mac, creating broader security risks.","date":"2026-08-24","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"integration","signalTypeLabel":"Integration","sourceUrl":"https://proton.me/blog/chatgpt-apple-messages","publisher":"proton.me"}],"attribution":{"source":"Spyingbee","url":"https://spyingbee.com/updates/proton-me","citation":"Spyingbee, \"Proton updates\", https://spyingbee.com/updates/proton-me (retrieved 2026-09-21)"}}