#285 - Big Tech and the government have conspired against you

Andy Yen founded Proton — encrypted email, VPN, cloud storage.
Today, over 100 million people worldwide protect their privacy with
his service. He deliberately built his company in Switzerland —
because of its privacy laws. Proton is one of the very few European
tech brands with truly global scale. In this conversation, he
explains why Big Tech knows more about you than any intelligence
agency, why he thinks it's insane to use Google — and why Europe is
about to throw away its biggest advantage. ---------- Sponsoren:
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https://incogni.com/ungeskriptet CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - Intro
(00:02:48) - Proton's Origin: From CERN Cafeteria to Global Privacy
Company (00:10:39) - Why Email? Big Tech, Surveillance & the
Threat to Democracy (00:22:08) - Crowdfunding, Steve Wozniak &
Building Without Investors (00:50:17) - Governments, Jurisdiction
& the Swiss Legal Shield (01:10:01) - Europe's Tech Crisis:
Missing the Digital Revolution (01:27:18) - AI, China & Who
Will Win the Tech Race (02:29:23) - One Last Question Ben: Youtube:
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https://x.com/benungeskriptet?s=21 Andy: Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-yen-03a9676/ X:
https://x.com/andyyen https://x.com/ProtonPrivacy Recording date:
March 11, 2026 {ungeskriptet} is available here on YouTube and
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