Proton @lemmy.world Nelizea @lemmy.world 2mo ago

All Proton Drive apps are now open source

from the team:

Hi everyone,

At Proton, privacy and transparency have always been our top priorities. Today, we’re happy to announce that all Proton Drive apps are now fully open source.

Proton products are used by millions of users across the globe, our users deserve a promise of privacy that they can trust and verify for themselves

Why Open Source?

Transparency

You can now independently verify how Proton Drive safeguards your data.

Security

With the global community reviewing and improving our code, we benefit from innovative new security practices as soon as they’re available.

Trust

Don’t just take our word for it—you can inspect our apps yourself and see that your privacy is built-in by design.

We invite developers, security experts, and privacy advocates to explore, review, and contribute to our code on GitHub:

https://github.com/ProtonDriveApps

Thank you for your continued support and trust in Proton.

Start backing up your files, folders, and photos today with free end-to-end encrypted storage.

Find out more here: https://proton.me/blog/drive-open-source

23 comments

Yey!! Finally! Let's see if we can do something about the Linux client
- Ditto. I thought I'd finally found a good OneDrive replacement for my meager needs.
  
  Do you have a working GUI OneDrive Linux client?
"You want Linux support? Fork it yourself"

In all seriousness this is great for end users and devs alike, another reason I like the Proton suite of tools
- The ol go fork urself, classic
There are very few companies where I feel the subscription fee I'm paying is really, really, worth it.

Proton is one of them.

/Visionary
Really hope this leads to a proper Linux client soon. If mega can do it I have high hopes for proton.
- Any idea how to be notified of such release were to happen? Not sure who is "mega".
  
  Edit: don't onow how but I misread the message entirely, so disregard
  
  Not sure who is "mega"
  
  Gosh, I feel so old now
  
  Another cloud service provider. I've been hoping to switch away from them for the past year or so since proton drive is included with my proton subscription.
  
  Get a Proton account, you can then sign up for, or disable, various email notifications.
Does this mean the RClone integration can be improved?

It feels a little hacky right now, and as I previously learned when I last recommended it does not do things like image thumbnails which turns people away.
I like this company more and more every day. Right now I have my own NAS, otherwise I would use their drive, but I already use their email and their VPN.
But are they libre software?
- GPL3 fwiw
  
  Nice.
Hmmm....My current drive solution is not open source.

I'll be looking into this. Very cool. Thanks!
I pinky-promise, I'll switch to proton from Google. Just maybe next month?
The funny thing is I just installed the Proton Pass deb on my laptop in the middle of English class. Don't have much experience with it, but from what little experience I have, it is fine enough for me since I don't need anything super fancy.
you mean they weren't already?

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