Almost all countries require companies to assist in some manner in criminal investigations, and Switzerland is no exception. Essentially, unless you are located on a ship 100 km offshore, you will have to fall under the jurisdiction of some country and must follow the laws of that country. The conversation continues every day at r/ProtonMail where we routinely answer questions and discuss with our community. As it is now past 9PM in Geneva, I will have to sign off for now although I may be back to answer a few more questions later. It is heartening to see so much interest in privacy and security, and it gives me a lot of hope for the future.

To prove it’s me, here’s a picture my colleague just took of me here in our Geneva headquarters.ĮDIT 21:10 Geneva: Thanks to everybody who participated! It was a pleasure to answer many of your questions, and I'm sorry that I was not able to get to all of them. Also happy to talk about entrepreneurship and what it was like transitioning from science to tech. I’m happy to answer any questions you have about online privacy, why it matters, and what are some of the challenges we face in trying to save it. Today, ProtonMail provides security and privacy to millions of people around the world. In 2013, after the Snowden leaks, some friends and I working at the CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) grew very concerned about the lack of data privacy on the Internet. Hey Reddit r/IAmA! My name is Andy Yen and I’m the founder of ProtonMail, a popular encrypted email service.

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