Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals(new window) to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.
This is the funniest thing ever.
Jurisdictional safeguards have always been snake oil. Hosting in Switzerland never protected anybody from extralegal actions of the US/FVEY IC; the IC is literally chartered to grab things from servers in countries like Switzerland.
This is the funniest thing ever.
Jurisdictional safeguards have always been snake oil. Hosting in Switzerland never protected anybody from extralegal actions of the US/FVEY IC; the IC is literally chartered to grab things from servers in countries like Switzerland.