Privacy basics
- Privacy basics
If your child is old enough to have a smartphone, then there’s a good chance you
didn’t even have access to the Internet when you were a kid. You never had to
think about online privacy growing up, and neither did your parents.
But today it’s impera
- Privacy basics
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article highlighting privacy
concerns related to Gmail’s use of third-party apps. When users install tools
known as “add-ons” in their Gmail accounts, they are often giving outside
companies full access t
Most of us would not give our private, personal information to strangers and
then trust them not to leak it. But that’s essentially what we do every time we
store chat histories, email, documents, and pictures on the cloud. When you save
a document t
- Privacy basics
Hacks are surprisingly commonplace. In 2014, for instance, nearly half of all
American adults had some form of data stolen from corporate servers in a
12-month span, according to CNN. Credit cards, telephone numbers, and login
credentials are falling
- Privacy basics
PROTON MAIL IS AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL SERVICE THAT TAKES A RADICALLY DIFFERENT
APPROACH TO EMAIL SECURITY. FIND OUT HOW PROTON MAIL SECURITY COMPARES TO GMAIL
SECURITY.
In 2014, Proton Mail became the world’s first email service to protect data with
en
- Privacy basics
These days, email breaches are becoming increasingly common for enterprises.
There are however reliable ways to prevent email breaches, or reduce their
impact.
It should really come as no surprise that email hacks are on the rise. As
businesses go d
- Privacy basics
Determining whether a VPN service is trustworthy can be complicated.
Fortunately, there are a few easy steps you can follow to know if a VPN service
can be trusted.
The importance of trust when it comes to VPN services cannot be underestimated.
Give
- Privacy basics
As the world’s largest encrypted email provider, people have frequently asked us
what is the best VPN service. In this article, we discuss what to be aware of
when choosing a VPN service, and our recommended VPN security requirements.
WHAT IS A VPN
- Privacy basics
Most of us at Proton Mail are part of the last generation born before the World
Wide Web was created in 1989 at CERN in Switzerland. In the previous 30 years,
the web has transformed our world, and we now spend more and more of our lives
online. In t
- Privacy basics
Proton Mail is very much a work in progress, as a result, we will be frequently
releasing new versions with bugfixes and additional features. Whenever a new
version is released, it is usually good practice to clear your browser cache
before continuin