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[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 months ago (5 children)

As swiss person I have to meet and talk to this guy, he can not be that stupid!

We definitely have something like the republicans party, it is called SVP (Schweizerische Volkspartei). SVP uses exactly the same tactics as republicans, like anti “woke”, anti regulation, anti common media, pro hate-speech(“anti censorship”), etc.

We just not have a single party to counter it, like democrats, but like 10 parties with little nuances.

We have some small parties besides SVP “on the republican site” but those tend to be irrelevant. Maybe, the anti corona party has a some relevance, still, but I guess their power is sinking.

I personally support the pirate party, which mainly stands for privacy, no matter if left or right, but the party it self is leading to the left (democratic) side.

At least, that is how I understand our situation here.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago

Andy out here shooting straight through his foot and putting holes in his boat's hull.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (16 children)

A wise man once told me, don't mess with politics. The moment you show stance (which usually isn't beneficial), you cut off options from yourself and endanger customer relationship.

Proton should just do business as usual, without that single post things would probably be just fine.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (6 children)

This needs to be pinned at the top: only a Nazi goes out of their way to put an 88 in their username. He thinks he’s clever by putting it in binary so people don’t immediately call him out. Nazis get off on that kind of “clever” dogwhistle.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

When was he born? Not everyone knows all the "secret" signs for stuff. How 18 is A.H or how 81 is H.A (Hells Angels) 1% biker clubs have surprisingly much of such codes. 8 is also the number of Khorne in the Warhammer fantasy/sci-fi setting. And before we start with that there are surprisingly few Nazis who play, but the few are very vocal.

Years ago I saw a guy in a crocery store in Norway wearing a "Combat18 Böhmen" hoodie. Buying ingredients for tex-mex taco incidentally. And when I pointed him out to my wife, she said that you are probably the only one in here to know this, and spot him for what he is.

So if Andy was born in 1988 I hope it's why he has 88 in his username.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's apparently said he was born in 1988. In another thread others mentioned that would make him 21 when he started his PhD, which checks out.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here's all I could find about his age in a few minutes:

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-ceo-of-protonmail-andy-yen-says-apple-cares-about-profit-more-than-privacy.html

He was actually born in 1988, according to the author's article. If anyone can find a more reliable resource, please, post it here🙏

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Holy shit. That is indeed 88 in binary...

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