Proton, the Geneva-based encrypted email provider founded 11 years ago by three scientist who met at CERN, will freeze its investments in Switzerland, its chief executive Andy Yen told Le Temps on Wed
brandishing relocation threats, he warned, “is the worst possible outcome—for democracy itself.”
You’re threatening to make their main product illegal in Switzerland. That they might choose to leave the country rather than simply shut down should not come as a big surprise.
Yeah, that isn’t blackmail, it’s a policy that necessarily means the loss of that money. Not being able to point that out would be the threat to democracy. (And surveillance isn’t great for it either)
You’re threatening to make their main product illegal in Switzerland. That they might choose to leave the country rather than simply shut down should not come as a big surprise.
Yeah, that isn’t blackmail, it’s a policy that necessarily means the loss of that money. Not being able to point that out would be the threat to democracy. (And surveillance isn’t great for it either)