Thanks, I did not know. I think you are referring to this: https://www.freevacy.com/news/noyb/trumps-actions-to-dismantle-pclob-threatens-eu-us-data-transfers/6088

To be completely honest… as an European I would be happy if they actually did make it so that no EU-US data transfer were allowed… we need to stop depending on all these US-based services… but like you said, they probably don’t have the balls to pull the plug. Which makes me wonder if that board was actually really any protection at all for privacy or it had always been an empty shell used as an excuse on both sides just to keep up appearances and maintain the plug on.

I honestly think this could be a win for us. Worst case scenario, nothing really changes but some masks fall off and at least some people would stop acting under false pretense.

The last thin veil of privacy for Eurpeans has been ripped to shreds by Trump last week.

What did he do? I know Trump does not like the GDPR, but did he sign something affecting it last week?

The argument stands, though.

Yes, not ALL other apps do that, but the comment was specifically talking about companies like Google and Meta… they definitely do collect incomplete strings from search forms (down to individual characters) when they display search suggestions, for example. They might not mention “keystrokes” in the legal text, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to extrapolate your typing pattern since they do have the timing information which should be enough data to, at some level, profile it.

Most methods for syncing a file also let you sync a whole directory of files (for example syncthing).

So if your main issue is keeping them on sync across devices, keep different kdbx files in the same directory and sync that.

However, I’ve found that switching between databases is not very convenient with most keepass clients. So I tend to only keep separate files when the context is really different and I won’t need to be switching back and forth (eg. personal vs work).

This specific comment thread is focused on that because that was the topic started by the choice of words of the first comment.

The conversation would not have continued in that direction if instead of doubling down there simply were an admission that what really was meant to say is not that Proton betrayed some hypothetical anti-Trump principles they had, but that they have proven now being sympathetic towards Trump and this made people feel unsafe (and some branches of the thread implied that conclusion).

What’s being argued is that this is not surprising. This is as silly as thinking that Zuckerberg is a betrayer because of the recent changes in moderation policy, as if Facebook was ever on the side of any particular political ideology other than their own interests.

What makes you think tuta is against all and every policy coming from the far-right including the ones that align with their stated goal of digital privacy? If (hypothetically) tuta had some level of relationship with a left-wing party (pick your favorite) and made a post about how they are happy about certain changes that party is pushing that are beneficial to privacy, would that be a betrayal of their own principles? I would say it’s not, regardless how many alt-right customers might “feel betrayed” if they had some parasocial alt-right image of tuta.

I think the “he” there was @anonymous@lemm.ee, not the CEO of Proton.

The comment from anonymous implied that there was no real betrayal. Just because someone fights for digital privacy does not mean he’s on the same side for other topics. Feeling betrayed and actually being betrayed are not the same thing.

The reality is that being “anti-Nazi” is also a neutral stand. This is in the terms of service of Proton:

Unauthorized activities include, but are not limited to:

[…] 4. Harassing, abusing, insulting, harming, defaming, slandering, disparaging, intimidating or discriminating against someone based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, nationality or disability;

I don’t think Proton is ok with Nazis, but I feel people wanted them to be also “anti-Trump”, even if Trump does something to benefit privacy (which, as you hinted, is a neutral action that also benefits anti-Nazis).

Is “staying out of politics” even possible for a company?

I feel even just the creation of a company already has political repercussions (and I don’t mean that as in them being necessarily bad).