Proton Mail
Protonmail is an email service founded in 2013 at CERN by Jason Stockman, Andy Yen and Wei Sun.[1][2] In contrast to many Webmail services like Gmail or Hotmail, Protonmail encrypts emails before they are sent to the server.
The servers are located in Switzerland because it is outside of US and EU jurisdiction.[3]
Protonmail accepts Bitcoin.
Crowdfunding
Protonmail started a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo with the goal to raise 100,000 US-Dollar.
The PayPal account of Protonmail was frozen on 30th of June 2014.[4] A representative of PayPal stated that the company froze the account over the doubts of the legality of the encryption.[5]
References
- ↑ John Biggs: ProtonMail Is A Swiss Secure Mail Provider That Won’t Give You Up To The NSA. In: TechCrunch. 23. Juni 2014, abgerufen am 1. Juli 2014.
- ↑ William Suberg: ProtonMail collects over US$10,000 in BTC donations in 6 weeks. 30. Juni 2014, abgerufen am 1. Juli 2014.
- ↑ Why Switzerland? 19. Mai 2014, abgerufen am 1. Juli 2014.
- ↑ Gareth Halfacree: ProtonMail hit by PayPal account freeze. 1. Juli 2014, abgerufen am 1. Juli 2014.
- ↑ O'Neill, Patrick Howell. "PayPal freezes account of email encryption startup ProtonMail [Update]." The Daily Dot. July 1, 2014. Retrieved on July 1, 2014.