Proton Users Revolt After CEO Calls Security Caution 'Loser Thinking' Amid AI Push
Summary
Proton users are canceling subscriptions and demanding leadership changes after reports that CEO Andy Yen dismissed an engineer’s request for security testing as “loser thinking” and urged staff to use more AI. The company later canceled planned assessments of employees’ AI use. A Proton forum petition seeking Yen’s departure had 2,020 votes, though the number of customers who actually left is unverified. Proton’s technology chief defended wider AI adoption in a manifesto, while stressing that engineers remain responsible for testing and the resulting code. Management acknowledged that its communication had been too blunt and employees were anxious.
