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by krn 2758 days ago
> Their entire business - email and VPN both - embodies the same philosophy that Mozilla does.

ProtonMail doesn't report security vulnerabilities to the users, when researchers discover them[1]. It has also publicly boasted about hacking a phishing site, when claimed the journalist's report was based on "unsubstantiated rumors"[2]. I really hope that it has nothing to do with the philosophy Mozilla embodies.

[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/07/protonmail_fail_jav...

[2] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvvke7/email-prov...