[rmrfstar]

You should also link the HN thread where proton categorically denies the claims.

In particular, the claim that tesonet controls protonvpn's release signing key.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17258203

[krn]

They clearly put a lot of effort in cleaning the mess, as I later discovered myself by being from the same city:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18611863

It seems very likely now, that ProtonMail just decided to use NordVPN's white-label solution to bootstrap its ProtonVPN business:

https://nordvpn.com/white-label/