‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust

The Verge
By Nilay PatelJul 16, 2026, 10:00 am118 pts
Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the company that makes private and secure productivity software. You probably know it best for Proton Mail, which is encrypted by default, but the company also has…

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