Richie Koch

Internet companies already follow your every move online: Now they are partnering with law enforcement to bring that same level of surveillance to the physical world. Amazon Ring, the creator of a popular camera-equipped doorbell, has entered into secretive partnerships with hundreds of police departments across the United States. These agreements often require police officers […]

The Proton VPN APK is now available to download on GitHub. This makes it easy to download and install Proton VPN on your Android device even in authoritarian countries where our website is blocked.  Download Proton VPN APK on GitHub Countries including China, Russia, and Iran often block the Google Play Store and our website. […]

The Super Bowl is one of the biggest games of the year in the United States, and over 150 million people are expected to tune in from around the world to watch. This year it’s an all-time-great matchup, with the stout defense of the San Francisco 49ers taking on the rapid strike offense of the […]

UPDATE May 7, 2020: OpenVPN is no longer in beta on our iOS app. It is now available to the public. Learn more about the launch of OpenVPN for iOS. We’re happy to announce that Proton VPN iOS users can now enjoy the freedom to choose between two protocols, with the launch of OpenVPN in […]

Smart TVs are essentially televisions that can watch you. Their surge in popularity, along with smart speakers, means corporations (and anyone that can hack these devices) have another window through which they can view your private activity. The data collection that typifies the Internet is spilling over into your offline life — and invading your […]

A brand new version of Proton VPN’s Android app is now available which includes OpenVPN support and better connection stability. If you are an Android Proton VPN user, you can now choose between using IKEv2 or OpenVPN by installing the new 2.0 version of our app.  Most VPN providers only offer one major protocol, typically […]

Moldova is the 43rd country to join the Proton VPN network. These servers allow anyone in the world to browse the Internet with a Moldovan IP address and should improve latency for our users in Eastern Europe. We installed eight new VPN servers in a data center in Chisinau. They are available to users on […]

Lithuania is the 42nd country, and the last member of the Baltic states, to have its own Proton VPN servers. No matter where you are in Baltic region, you can securely and privately browse the Internet with a local IP address.  We installed eight new VPN servers in a data center in Siauliai. They are […]

This post was updated on November 1, 2019. Fitness and health apps are designed to help you record and quantify how much you exercise, what prescription drugs you take, even what birth control methods you use. While these apps can help improve your health, they can also put your privacy at risk. In the worst […]