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ProtonMail has launched a new tool called Import Assistant. It's a premium feature that lets you import mail and folders from external IMAP addresses. It'll be extended to other Proton services too.
Proton has announced that its VPN service, ProtonVPN, is now available via F-Droid. Aside from the benefits F-Droid brings, Proton will reach more users where the Play Store isn't available.
The ProtonVPN app has been updated with a new feature called Smart Protocol Selection that helps users connect to the VPN even if the network administrator is trying to block VPN connections.
All of the ProtonMail apps are now open source and have passed independent security audits. The announcement comes after Proton open sourced the Android application earlier on today.
Proton Technologies announced several measures it is taking to assist in the fight against the coronavirus. It'll give computing resources to help find a cure and expand its VPNs to hand more load.
Proton Technologies has released the ProtonMail Bridge app for Linux. Bridge allows you to use a desktop e-mail client to access your ProtonMail account. It's already available on macOS and Windows.
Proton Technologies has announced alternative routing, a feature within its apps that helps to bypass censorship in some cases. The feature will be optional with a toggle in the settings.
HTC and ProtonMail have partnered up to ship the latter's email client on HTC Exodus and Exodus 1s devices. This will introduce more people to the encrypted email service and boost their privacy.
ProtonMail has introduced DKIM key management in beta. It allows users to manually switch the DKIM keys to protect against spoofing. It's recommended that you update the key every 6 months.
Russia's digital regulator, Roskomnadzor, has said that it's banning ProtonMail after it asked for help tracking users behind bomb threats and not getting a response; ProtonMail said it wasn't asked.
Proton Technologies has launched ProtonCalendar in beta for paying customers. The service is pitched as an alternative to Google Calendar that encrypts event titles, descriptions, locations, and more.
Proton Technologies has announced that its ProtonMail app on iOS is now fully open source. The source code is available on GitHub and available for anyone to download and experiment with.
ProtonMail 4.0 has entered the beta phase and is open to all users. Work during the beta is still on-going with the main priorities being a new dark theme and code being ported to React.
Proton Technologies AG, the firm behind the encrypted email service, ProtonMail, has won €2 million from the European Union. The funds will help start the development of ProtonDrive.
