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Apple's anti-competitive App Store policies are gouging consumers, enabling censorship, and harming privacy-focused developers. We're joining a lawsuit to restore internet freedom.
A smartphone receiving a suspicious text - AKA a smishing attack
  • Privacy guides
Phishing and smishing attacks keep evolving, but do you know the difference? Learn how to tell them apart and protect yourself from smishing.
It will feature expert voices who can cut through the noise about the threats we all face, but also ordinary people who ask the same questions you do.
The cover image for a blog showing the new ability to create a custom item in Proton Pass
Organize your life better with support for more items in Proton Pass, storing all of your essential day-to-day data in a custom format that works for you.
introducing the Newsletters view in Proton Mail
  • Product updates
  • Proton Mail
Proton Mail's Newsletters view helps you manage email subscriptions, organize your inbox faster, and stay in control privately.
Albums in Proton Drive makes it easier than ever to store and manage photos and videos while protecting your memories with end-to-end encryption.
Apple's anti-competitive App Store policies are gouging consumers, enabling censorship, and harming privacy-focused developers. We're joining a lawsuit to restore internet freedom.
It will feature expert voices who can cut through the noise about the threats we all face, but also ordinary people who ask the same questions you do.
Proton Lifetime Fundraiser raised over $1 million
We raised over $1 million this year to directly support organizations on the front lines of the fight for online privacy and freedom.
A hand holding a person's photo or ID, symbolizing how data brokers are a threat to democracy
Data brokers sell your personal info without consent. Here’s how they threaten democracy — and what you can do to stop them.
A Swiss flag, a man in a suit speaking at a podium, and a hand holding a smartphone with an unlocked padlock, suggesting that the email accounts of Swiss politicians are exposed on the dark web
Roughly 16% of Swiss federal politicians had their official government email leaked on the dark web. This puts them at risk of phishing attacks or blackmail.
You might be surprised how much of your life is affected by AI decision-making using data from data brokers. We explain its issues and how to protect yourself.
A smartphone receiving a suspicious text - AKA a smishing attack
  • Privacy guides
Phishing and smishing attacks keep evolving, but do you know the difference? Learn how to tell them apart and protect yourself from smishing.
A digitized face on the internet, representing erasure.
After ransom-seekers sent the police to his house, one man embarked on a journey to erase himself online. Find out how he did it.
An ID card with a user profile and a wallet, suggesting data brokers
Learn what data brokers are and how they turn your life into a dataset for profit without your knowledge, consent, or compensation.
A hand holding a person's photo or ID, symbolizing how data brokers are a threat to democracy
Data brokers sell your personal info without consent. Here’s how they threaten democracy — and what you can do to stop them.
adolescence and the internet we handed to kids
Adolescence shows how platforms shape kids in harmful ways. Here's why transparent, open digital education must lead the change.
Flow, a wordless fable about a cat and other stray animals navigating a flooded world, was made with Blender, a free, open-source 3D animation tool.
A Latvian indie film that used open source tools beat Disney at the Oscars, proving open source can challenge industry giants.
A document icon with a briefcase, representing a job description template
A step-by-step guide with easy tips and examples for writing a job description + 10 free job description templates to edit in Proton Docs.
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Download our 4 free job offer letter templates and find out how to write an offer letter to hire the best talent. Quick to edit and use.
How to start an email: 15 professional greetings and opening lines
Learn how to start an email professionally with our top greetings, openers, and formal examples, and find out what to avoid (and why).