SwitzerlandProton staff feared firing for low AI use, six employees say.
People pay Proton to keep their mail private, so code security is the product.
In August, CEO Andy Yen rejected an employee’s call to spend a few days penetration-testing new code before release.
“Going forward, I’m still going to push,” Yen told staff at an all-hands meeting.
The Proton Foundation board, which includes Tim Berners-Lee, is monitoring the situation closely, Yen said.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- details Yen's Slack quotes against pentesting and the all-hands audio, showing security concerns drove the reversal
Sources: 404 Media