What Proton shipped in August 2026

Google’s $391 million settlement pushes Big Tech fines over $3 billion in 2022

In 2022, Google, Meta, Apple, and Amazon collectively faced fines exceeding $3 billion for privacy and antitrust violations, with Google alone paying over $1 billion. The article argues these companie…

How Apple uses anti-competitive practices to extort developers and support authoritarian regimes

ChatGPT ads are rolling out. Here’s why they’re worse than search ads — and what you can do

OpenAI will begin testing ads in ChatGPT for US Free-tier and Go plan users starting February 9, 2026, inserting ads beneath responses. The move follows earlier monetization steps like personalized pr…

The UK’s new Digital ID proposal explained

The UK government proposed a mandatory digital ID for all citizens and legal residents by 2028, stored in an app and accepted for identity verification. The scheme aims to reduce fraud, streamline ser…

Is WhatsApp safe to use?

A lawsuit by WhatsApp’s former security head alleges Meta ignored critical flaws allowing 1,500 employees to access sensitive user data and failed to address 100,000 daily account takeovers. WhatsApp’…

How Instagram’s new ‘Friend Map’ feature puts your privacy at risk – and how to turn it off

Nearly half of UK parents have no idea companies can access and use their kids’ photos

A Proton blog post reveals that 72% of UK parents prioritize photo privacy but 48% are unaware major cloud providers scan and monetize their images. Proton promotes its end-to-end encrypted Drive and …

How the Kaspersky ban affects you and how to protect your data

The US banned Kaspersky Lab’s software and updates starting September 29, 2024, citing national security risks tied to potential Russian government influence. While no legal penalties exist for contin…

Hash matching proposals for the Online Safety Act’s implementation are dangerous

The UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Act, granting Ofcom powers to scan for harmful content, including in end-to-end encrypted messages. Ofcom’s draft consultation proposes hash matching for fil…

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is leaking the IP addresses it’s supposed to hide

A report from 404 Media reveals that Apple’s iCloud Private Relay fails to hide users’ IP addresses due to flaws in WebKit, affecting all iOS browsers including OnionBrowser. The issue bypasses Privat…

Donald Trump will control the NSA – what this means for your privacy

Open source cryptography takes a step forward with the release of OpenPGPjs 4.0

Proton launched OpenPGPjs 4.0, introducing streaming cryptography that enables real-time encryption and decryption of large files during upload/download without full memory storage. This improves perf…