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Stay safe from cyber threats! Dark Web Monitoring is now available to all paying users of #ProtonMail. If you register for an online service that gets hacked or suffers a #databreach, Proton will now alert you, so you can take immediate action: https://lnkd.in/dnxHFpu4 To get started, open the Security Center in the Proton Mail web app: https://lnkd.in/dUCfRgrx PS. We hope you’ll never receive any breach alerts, but better safe than sorry 🤞

ICYMI, here are the April top articles on our blog ⬇️ 💜 We joined forces with #StandardNotes! In the coming months, we’ll ways to make this service easily accessible to our community: https://lnkd.in/dDK-Cv5V 🎭 We now alert you if an online service you’re registered for has had a data breach: https://lnkd.in/dnxHFpu4 As usual, you were interested in practical matters, like: 📱 how to create an email account without the phone number verification: https://lnkd.in/dk4tHjhH and 💧 what to do if your data leaks: https://lnkd.in/dw7-MmT2 📸 Finally, we’ve analyzed privacy and security practices of several popular services, and you found one of #Whatsapp most interesting: https://lnkd.in/dv9kQDrZ You can follow our blog here: https://proton.me/blog/ (we have an RSS feed, too).

In this month’s #ProtonPrivacyReadingList, we recommend “If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable” by the #infosec expert @Mikko Hypponen. The book includes: 📚 an overview of how the Internet became what it is 🌏 discussions on the legal and geopolitical aspects of #cybersecurity 🛑 a comprehensive overview of the multitudes of threats lurking on the web And it’s all peppered with real-life stories from Hypponen’s 3-decade-long career: https://lnkd.in/eJ7NYnYe

A "misconfiguration" caused over half a million UniSuper members to lose access to their accounts for a week when #GoogleCloud accidentally deleted the company's account. Services were restored thanks to UniSuper's data backup with another cloud provider. 👉 Read the whole story here: https://lnkd.in/e_bzK3pj

🎨 Add some color to your schedule with the latest #ProtonCalendar feature! You can now color-code your encrypted calendar events! Easily spot important events, set priorities, and organize your tasks. Available on all platforms for paid Proton plans. Try it out, and let us know what you think! 🌈 https://calendar.proton.me

Google’s ads are getting worse, at your expense. Since 2022, they've begun placing their ads in the middle of your inbox. The frequency of ads has also intensified. This all makes sense when you realize ads are their primary source of income. And their ads revenue has tanked in recent quarters. #Google's services are free but littered with ads. You pay with your personal data because their business model requires them to profit off of you. Their priority is their advertisers. We discuss the consequences here: https://lnkd.in/d9kWpA95 You and your loved ones can break free from #surveillance capitalism by choosing privacy-first alternatives. Services like #ProtonMail and #ProtonDrive don't spy on you or sell your data. 👉 Start protecting your privacy with Proton: https://lnkd.in/dgkDmRDK

Proton Pass Monitor is now available! ✨ Discover weak and reused passwords ✨ Find accounts with inactive 2FA ✨ Get breach notifications for emails, aliases, and passwords. It may take a little time for Proton Pass Monitor to become available on all platforms, thanks for your patience! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/diSGi8q5

This #WorldPressFreedomDay, we continue to witness increasing #cybercensorship and attempts to limit free access to information worldwide. Millions of people will vote in 2024, making online censorship more dangerous than ever before. Proton VPN continues to fight for freedom of information. Besides anti-censorship features, which you can learn about in the video below, we are also providing free Smart routing servers this year in multiple countries ahead of their 2024 elections: https://lnkd.in/d_XqBejW

Here’s what our community says NOT to do this World Password Day. Give the gift of unlimited passwords by telling a friend about Proton Pass: https://lnkd.in/emst6rpk

Although one of the most popular and reliable free video-conferencing tools, Zoom's red flags include: 🚩 sharing user data with third parties without proper consent 🚩 Allows "zoombombing" of private meetings 🚩 has been accused of sharing user data with Facebook and the Chinese government Here are four privacy-friendly alternatives to Zoom: https://lnkd.in/emw5tDiE