ProtonMail launches an encrypted email service that even your mom could use

I often get asked “what email service should I use if I don’t want to use Gmail?” and now I finally have what I think is an excellent answer. ProtonMail is an ad-free, end-to-end encrypted email client that’s been invite-only since 2014 – but it’s now opened its doors to ordinary civilians and is finally live on both Android and iOS – after delays that it’s blamed on the US government. In February, the company explained: “Our app is still delayed by the Apple/US Gov approval process.” The back-end was built by bods from CERN and MIT, and has so far been…
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