Privacy firm Proton has announced it has acquired Standard Notes, an encrypted note-taking service.
The Swiss firm is known for its lineup of privacy tools, including a secure email service and a VPN. Now, it looks to be entering the world of productivity apps.
Proton CEO Andy Yen commented in a blog post its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) “really makes Standard Notes complementary to the Proton ecosystem of services, and it is one that we have long used ourselves and are excited to introduce to the Proton community.”
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Standard Notes was founded in 2017 and is available on desktop and mobile, with Proton claiming it is currently used by over 300,000 people. Like Proton’s other products, Standard Notes is open source, has a free version, and has no venture capital behind it,…
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