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🚨SHOCKING: Proton, with over 100 MILLION users, faces backlash after its CEO reportedly called a staffer's push for security testing "loser thinking." Proton markets itself as "Privacy by default," selling encrypted email and VPN. But in leaked internal messages, CEO Andy Yen pushed back when an employee asked to security test new code before release, per 404 Media. He told staff to use AI more and stop writing code by hand, and said this is the last year Proton will hire engineers. Proton's CTO said in a meeting that AI wrote 90% of the company's code in October, and his internal manifesto says most human code review will end. After 404 Media published the leaks on October 29, many users said on social media they were cancelling their paid plans. A day later, Yen cancelled planned interviews of staff about their AI use, while telling staff he's "still going to push." Proton says its AI use will never come at the cost of security, and that it added extra security reviews in the past year. It also says its code is open source, so anyone can check its security.