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Chiara Castro

Is Proton leaving Switzerland? "Legal uncertainty" of proposed surveillance laws is pushing them to make several changes

Proton CEO and founder Andy Yen poses next to the Proton logo at the headquarters of the encrypted email and VPN services company in Geneva.
  • Proton said the company has begun moving some of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland for fear of the new proposed surveillance law
  • Lumo, the company's newly launched privacy-first AI chatbot, is the first product to move
  • An amendment to the current surveillance law would require VPNs and messaging apps to identify and retain user data

Proton has confirmed the company has begun moving out of Switzerland due to "legal uncertainty" over the newly proposed surveillance law.

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