"We would be less confidential than Google" – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law

“This revision attempts to implement something that has been deemed illegal in the EU and the United States. The only country in Europe with a roughly equivalent law is Russia,” said Yen.

A Swiss proposal would force VPNs and messaging apps to identify users and keep their data. Proton says it would leave Switzerland, and Nym says the same. Proton’s CEO says the only comparable law in Europe is Russia’s. Swiss privacy branding lasts only as long as Swiss law allows.