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Empowering you to choose a better internet where privacy is the default. Protect yourself online with Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive. Proton Pass and SimpleLogin.

Proton Mail is the world's largest secure email provider. Swiss, end-to-end encrypted, private, and free.

Proton VPN is the world’s only open-source, publicly audited, unlimited and free VPN. Swiss-based, no-ads, and no-logs.

Proton Calendar is the world's first end-to-end encrypted calendar that allows you to keep your life private.

Proton Drive is a free end-to-end encrypted cloud storage that allows you to securely backup and share your files. It's open source, publicly audited, and Swiss-based.

Proton Pass Proton Pass is a free and open-source password manager which brings a higher level of security with rigorous end-to-end encryption of all data (including usernames, URLs, notes, and more) and email alias support.

SimpleLogin lets you send and receive emails anonymously via easily-generated unique email aliases.

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from the team:


Hey everyone! 👋

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and with spring in full swing, we wanted to share a few recent Proton VPN updates that we think you’ll appreciate. These aren’t flashy new features — just thoughtful improvements to make your online life smoother, safer, and more efficient.

🛡️ NetShield is now even better at blocking phishing sites

Worried about accidentally clicking a sketchy link? We’ve expanded the list of known phishing domains NetShield blocks — so now it stops more bad stuff before it even has a chance to load. Just turn on NetShield in the app, and you’re good to go.

🔋 Battery life improvements for mobile users

We’ve improved how Proton VPN runs in the background on both Android and iOS. If you're on the move using a cellular connection, the app will now let your phone rest more when idle, meaning less power drain and longer battery life.

Some quick tips for even better battery life:

  • Use WiFi when you can (uses less power than mobile data)

  • Switch to WireGuard (lightweight and battery-friendly)

  • Don’t stress about using lots of data — that barely affects battery usage

Faster browsing when conditions aren’t perfect

Proton VPN has always been fast, but now it’s smarter too. If your connection is being slowed down due to certain network quirks, the app can detect and automatically fix it in real-time so you get the fastest connection speed available. No manual tweaking needed.

We know “invisible” updates aren’t as exciting as shiny new features, but these kinds of tweaks make a huge difference day-to-day — and they’re all part of our mission to keep improving the VPN experience.

Let us know how these updates are working for you, or if you’ve noticed a difference!

🔗 Full blog post here

As always, thanks for being part of the Proton community 💜

Stay safe,

Proton Team

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Nelizea@lemmy.world to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
 
 

The Proton 2025 sping roadmaps are released!

Today, we’re sharing our plans for the next three to six months — a roadmap of the new features and improvements designed to give you more powerful tools to protect your privacy, boost your productivity, and take control of your digital life.

Proton 2025 spring roadmaps

https://proton.me/blog/product-roadmaps-spring-summer-2025

Proton VPN roadmap for spring and summer 2025

https://protonvpn.com/blog/vpn-roadmap-spring-summer-2025

Proton Mail and Proton Calendar roadmap for spring and summer 2025

https://proton.me/blog/mail-calendar-roadmap-spring-summer-2025

Proton Drive roadmap for spring 2025

https://proton.me/blog/drive-roadmap-spring-2025

Proton Pass roadmap for spring

https://proton.me/blog/pass-roadmap-spring-2025

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I've been having an issue this morning with any US server I've tried connecting to.

I am able to connect to the server but no other internet access will work. I've connected to a Canadian server and that worked fine immediately.

Anyone else notice something?

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I just wanted to sign into Mastodon on my phone in my browser but couldn't autofill in the login data from Proton Pass. It had worked about an hour ago but suddenly doesn't work anymore, regardless of which website or which browser I use. I reinstalled Proton Pass and checked that Autofill is on but still nothing.

Any ideas? Thank you!

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The CLI app is barebones. I know this is said a lot about Proton services (at least on Reddit) but it's true on Linux. No split tunnel, app shuts down when I turn off my display, and the connection is very unstable.

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Anyone else having sync issues on Android? Sync will happen if I go into settings and hit "Force synchronization".

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The feature is included in Proton Free but is not listed in the overview to make Mail Plus seem more appealing

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from the team:


Easily Organize, Share, and Protect the Moments that Matter to You

Hey everyone,

You’ve asked for better ways to manage your photos — and we’ve been listening.

Starting today, Albums are rolling out in Proton Drive on web, iOS, and Android! 🎉

Now you can organize, share, and relive your favorite memories — from vacations to family milestones.

📂 What You Can Do with Albums

🗂️ Organize with Custom Collections

Group weekend trips, birthdays, or years of travel into custom albums — no more endless scrolling through one big “Uploads” folder.

🤝 Share (on Your Terms)

Invite friends or family by email to a shared album.

You stay in control:

• Decide who can view or contribute

• Revoke access anytime

• Real-time syncing keeps everyone updated

Tag Your Best Moments

Mark top shots — or memes (we don’t judge) — as Favorites for one-tap access to your personal highlight reel.

🔐 Keep Personal Moments Private, Always

Everything stays end-to-end encrypted:

• Album names

• Photos & videos

• Even metadata

No ads. No AI training. No leaks. Just privacy.

🔜 Coming Soon

We’re just getting started! More features are on the way:

• 🔗 Link sharing — Send albums to anyone, even without a Proton account

• 🖼️ Screenshot filter — Surface receipts, memes, or secret recipes in seconds

#🛡️ Protect the Moments That Matter Most

Many photo storage services scan your data to target ads or train AI.

Proton Drive keeps your photos safe, private, and under your control.

🎁 New to Proton Drive?

Sign up for Drive Plus to unlock 200 GB of encrypted cloud storage — enough for over 40,000 high-res photos (5MB each)!

📲 Get Started Now

🔗 Read the full announcement: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-albums

📱 Update your app or download Proton Drive on:

• Android

• iOS

• Web App

💬 We can’t wait to hear what you think — and spot any bugs we missed!

Drop your feedback, questions, or feature requests below. Your input helps make Proton Drive even better.

Stay safe, –Proton Team

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from the team:


Managing your documents with Proton Drive just got a lot smoother.

Quick Access

You can now jump straight to your Docs from the app switcher in Mail, Calendar, or Drive on web.

Find What You Need Fast

  • See your recently accessed documents
  • Sort by name or by last viewed
  • Create new documents with just a tap

Stay in Sync with Your Team

You can now accept or reject document invitations directly when someone shares one with you.

Use the context menu to:

  • Share
  • Move
  • Open its folder in Drive
  • Rename
  • Move to trash
  • Try it here: docs.proton.me

Let us know your thoughts, and as always, thank you for your continuous support!

Stay safe, Proton Team

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I just now realized I have access to Proton Docs. I've been a Proton user for years at this point and it does keep getting better and better, though I do have some gripes about some of their stances.

I've paid for StandardNotes for a while now. Anyone know how Proton Docs are and if you could replace StandardNotes?

Anyone know if there's an Import / Export between?

Anyone know if there's a Proton Docs Android App or if it's coming?

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I've had this problem for over a week. If I have the protonvpn extension enabled, firefox won't load a page. As soon as I disable it, I can. Has anyone seen this before?

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anyone else having trouble with the newish vpn app? I seem to loose connection a lot more. almost never did before. hate the new interface too.

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Hej! I need to import my Proton Calendar to Google Calendar so that an appointment scheduling app can see conflicts.

Syncing with Google Calendar was easy, but for some reason multi-day events don't show up on Google (and so in the scheduling app).

Is that a known bug? Any ideas how to handle this?

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With the recent update (v4.1.11), it keeps on forgetting the credentials after I close the app. When I open it, it asks for the credentials. Is it a feature or a known bug?

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For example cryptocurrency wallet seed phrase. One can add it to the notes field (password field is occupied by my wallet password).

I can also add new field of type "hidden" to the login entry, where i need to click eye icon in order to reveal the content.

Beside login items, there are also Notes items, which does not seems to feature hidden field.

I assume that in terms of security all field types (password, note) and all entries (login, note) are equally secured.

But the field which is not password or a hidden note of the login item, are more vulnerable due to someone look behind your back or due to a computer client-side scanning (spyware third party or built in OS made to screenshot ones screen)?

What is your suggestion on storage of a super-sensitive data like crypto. wallet seeds?

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From the team:


Hey everyone,

As our progress towards the roadmap we recently reminded you of continues, we’re glad to announce that Proton Pass item file attachments are now possible across all item types.

Important information, such as backup codes for your logins, can now easily be stored in any format, such as PDF, JPEG, PNG, or even a .txt file! There is also the option to upload multiple files to one item.

As you may know, cloud storage space has become somewhat of a commodity in our digital era, meaning we can only offer this functionality to our paying users.

Here are the paid plans that will get access to this feature starting today:

  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Family
  • Proton Pass Professional
  • Proton Unlimited
  • Proton Visionary
  • Proton Family
  • Proton Duo

You can upload any file up to 100MB per file, with a total of 10-500GB in storage space for attachments, depending on your plan.

We hope the addition of this new feature will greatly improve your experience with Proton Pass, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on it!

If you have any questions, such as what the storage limit is, you can learn more here: https://proton.me/support/pass-file-attachments

Feel free to let us know your thoughts and questions below!

Stay safe,

Proton Team

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Hello, I have photos on Proton Drive that I want to move to Proton photos. What can I do?

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I'm just mostly commenting to vent frustration with what I'm seeing this past week as a sharp spike in captchas and sites straight up blocking Proton VPN IPs. Proton is slowed down, captcha'd and blocked at a far higher rate than any such behavior I encountered with Nord when I used them. You can do all you want to protect privacy but when you hold yourself out as the big "privacy" VPN service everyone's gonna be suspicious that you're gonna be the service that bad actors use and block all your traffic. I know I should also figure this will happen but I would also figure there would be more effort to prevent it from happening. I use Proton VPN because I enjoy Proton's other services but if this keeps up I feel it may get to be unusable for me.

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This used to work but this weekend I noticed it was no longer working.

I subscribe to a streaming service outside my country, it's in south america. I used to turn on the VPN on my desktop (EndeavourOS), connect to a country in south america, do the same on the TV and I'd Chromecast the video. No problems, excelent quality, worked great.

This no longer works. When the TV is connected to ProtonVPN, it doesn't show in chromecast devices list. As soon as I disconnect it, it shows up.

Things I tried:

  • Updating the ProtonVPN app on both TV and desktop
  • Updating the TV firmware
  • Changed from Wireguard to OpenVPN
  • Enabled split tunneling on the TV and whitelisted chromecast
  • Connecting to the exact same server
  • Several countries
  • My android phone can find the TV but nothing happens when I select it
  • Toggled settings such as Moderate NAT, IPV6 and Port forwarding, nothing works.

Chromecasting works fine if I disconnect the VPN on the TV but I can't watch the streaming service. Any ideas? Thanks.

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No rage, just confusion as I'm sure it's something I did wrong.

I try out Proton Pass (web browser) for the first time and generate an alias, and then a password. And I remember adding a couple of notes to it. But I opened it up the next day, and the alias is still there, but the other info is gone. Nothing in the history, nor in the generated passwords.Looks like it was last modified at its creation, so I would guess that it never saved the info.

Did I miss a button click or am I missing something?

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Title. Is that possible? I have proton vpn setup at the network layer at home so there is no need for the app on my phone or laptop to be connected when at home. However I would like it to auto connect when I connect outside of my house. As anyone done this before? This would specifically be for android and windows devices if that matters.

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