Protonmail, a Swiss based encrypted e-mail provider, today announced the restructuring of a range of its privacy services into a new unified brand name: proton The biggest step in the campaign to build a privacy respecting Internet. The new and updated "proton" provides an account, a variety of services and a privacy based ecosystem. Users can now enjoy unified protection and modern operation experience.
The evolution into a unified brand marks the growth of protonmail from an end-to-end encrypted e-mail provider to a complete privacy ecosystem, which can provide more advantages for this security guard oriented community.
Previously, users could only subscribe to each service provided by the company alone. In the future, the new "proton" account can access all services provided by the company's default privacy ecosystem, including proton mail, proton VPN, proton calendar and proton storage services, all of which can be accessed from proton Me access.
All proton services are free, but you can get more advanced functions and more storage space through the paid plan. The free tier includes 1GB of storage and a proton email address, as well as access to proton encrypted calendar and VPN services.
At the same time, the 12-month cost of proton unlimited level is 9.99 euros ($10.65), and users who choose a 24-month plan can save 33%. And for those who only need encrypted e-mail or VPN services, personal plans are still available.
As part of the rebranding, existing account holders will receive increased storage and new functions at no additional cost, including additional e-mail addresses, VPN connections, etc.
To highlight these changes, proton has also visually upgraded its web-based services with new logos, colors and the latest modern interface design for its new desktop and mobile applications.
Protonmail began as a crowdfunding service in May 2014 and was launched in March 2016. Led by a group of scientists from CERN and MIT, protonmail aims to provide an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted email service through free open source code. You can learn more about Proton's history, service plans and privacy and security policies on the company's new website.