Q&A with Proton CEO Andy Yen on Proton's story, dislodging “a hundred million people” from Google, AI backlash, privacy, US politics, EU Chat Control, and more Wired 2026-08-19 Andy Greenberg AI, EU Chat Control, Google, Proton, Andy Yen Related Coverage I spoke with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton, which has encrypted the daily online work/comms a hundred million-plus people. — We talked in particular about Proton's surprising embrace of AI, like its chatbot Lumo. Yen says “AI is surveillance.” He also says it's “unavoidable.” https://www.wired.com/... @agreenberg@infosec.exchange · Andy Greenberg