Swiss provider of end-to-end encrypted email plus VPN, cloud storage and calendar, operated by Proton AG in Geneva. Signup asks for no identity documents (occasional anti-spam verification via email or phone hash), and paid plans can be bought with Bitcoin or cash.
Score breakdown
KYC policy
1of 4No KYC
No identity documents in the normal scenario. Light registration data may be asked.
Service overview
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How this score is made up
Privacy:base 50 + 9 − 4 = 55
Trust:base 50 + 33 − 6 = 77
Confirmed attributes
- Verified0 privacy+10 trust
The catalogue ran its own operations on this service and they went through.
confirmed 2026-09-04confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
- Soft KYC-3 privacy-1 trust
Asks for an email or a nickname, but not for identity documents.
confirmed 2026-08-26confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
- Has an onion or i2p address+5 privacy0 trust
Reachable over Tor or I2P, not only over the ordinary web.
confirmed 2026-10-04checked automatically
- No-logs policy+4 privacy0 trust
The terms state that operation records are not kept.
confirmed 2026-10-21evidence
- Account required-1 privacy0 trust
You have to register before you can do anything.
confirmed 2026-08-26confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
- Open source0 privacy+6 trust
The code of the running service is published and can be inspected.
confirmed 2026-08-26evidence
- Independently audited0 privacy+5 trust
An outside company examined the service and published a report.
confirmed 2026-08-26confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
- Mature service0 privacy+5 trust
Running for more than two years.
confirmed 2026-08-26evidence
- Good support0 privacy+5 trust
Support answers, and answers to the point.
confirmed 2026-08-28confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
- Legally registered0 privacy+2 trust
Operated by a registered company that can be found in an open registry.
confirmed 2026-08-26evidence
- May suspend your account0 privacy-4 trust
The service reserves the right to close access to your account.
confirmed 2026-10-21evidence
- Hybrid infrastructure0 privacy-1 trust
Part own hardware, part rented — privacy depends on which part serves you.
confirmed 2026-08-28confirmed by a moderator without an external proof
Timeline
- Attribute confirmedNo-logs policy
- Score recalculated6.51 → 6.72 · after an attribute change
- Attribute confirmedMay suspend your account
- Score recalculated6.72 → 6.54 · after an attribute change
- Terms of service changed
- Score recalculated6.54 → 6.51 · after an attribute change
- Attribute confirmedMay suspend your account
- Attribute confirmedMay suspend your account
- Score recalculated6.72 → 6.54 · after an attribute change
- Attribute confirmedNo-logs policy
- Score recalculated6.51 → 6.72 · after an attribute change
- Terms of service changed
- Terms of service changed
- Terms of service changed
- Terms of service changed
- Terms of service changed
- Score recalculated6.54 → 6.51 · after an attribute change
- Score recalculated6.27 → 6.54 · after an attribute change
- Attribute confirmedNo-logs policy
- Score recalculated6.06 → 6.27 · after an attribute change
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