![]() Yen says they didn’t advertise this but through Twitter a blogger who has been involved in the freedom of speech movement heard about the service. ![]() They recently ran an update so they could support Chinese. Yen says they will accept bitcoin or even cash payments to allow users to remain anonymous. The paid accounts will be $5/month and will provide 1GB of storage. “Having privacy is very important from a freedom of speech standpoint.” “One of our motivations was human rights,” says Yen. ProtonMail’s revenue model is similar to something like Dropbox – charging only for extra storage.Ĭo-Founder Jason Stockman giving an informal lecture at MIT By being in this market we have to fund ourselves,” he says, adding that they’re considering a crowdfunding round next month. “The reason we have to be bootstrapped is because if we take our money from something like Google Ventures, there goes our credibility. ![]() Yen has turned down venture capital firms looking to invest in ProtonMail. This will help avoid a situation where the U.S government could forcibly shut them down, says Yen, similar to what happened to Lavabit last year. ![]() ![]() “One of the key things we want to do is control our servers and make sure all the servers are in Switzerland which will increase privacy because Switzerland doesn’t do things like seize servers or tape conversations,” says Yen. While half the team is now at MIT, some are still in Switzerland where the ProtonMail’s servers are housed for extra protection. Cofounders, from left to right, Jason Stockman, Wei Sun, Andy Yen. ![]()
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