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Its a bit funky on Linux currently, but its a step forward. I hope one day we will be able to just use global shortcut to autofill. Also I can't wait for the proton drive Linux app, its long overdue. Anyway, thank you for your for sharing and for the undoubtedly hard work.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/dieTasse/statuses/116482743212258727</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/dieTasse/statuses/116482743212258727</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dietasse@floss.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:13:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:21:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> hopefully the ProtonPass capabilities will get a bump to better support things like phpMyAdmin login forms (user, pass, &amp; DB)</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Offbeatmammal/statuses/116482304618384329</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Offbeatmammal/statuses/116482304618384329</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[offbeatmammal@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:21:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:40:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> Looking forward to the Proton Drive app for Linux, was promised a loooong time ago</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/johleut/statuses/116481906853912593</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/johleut/statuses/116481906853912593</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[johleut@swiss.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:40:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:41:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> </p><p>Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see a way to receive files with proton drive. </p><p>I used to use Filemail which was stronger on file sharing, both ways</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Nick_Stevens_graphics/statuses/116481672254770944</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Nick_Stevens_graphics/statuses/116481672254770944</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nick_stevens_graphics@mastodon.art]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:41:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:36:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> even though you can face a lot of community here sometimes, I really appreciate that you are so public about what you guys are doing. I'm really excited for what's next</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115968822223843824/statuses/116481654083175638</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115968822223843824/statuses/116481654083175638</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomasboom@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:36:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:35:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> A small thing, but I'd like to see what trackers Proton is blocking--right now, I can see a count of blocked trackers, but I'd like more information. Who's tracking? What are the addresses? What's being sent? Really, any extra information would be nice.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clonedhuman/statuses/116481651876521033</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clonedhuman/statuses/116481651876521033</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[clonedhuman@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:35:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:12:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> I'd like to see more development for Linux. VPN is a good start. But considering a lot of your customers are trying to move away from certain companies, please do more, e.g., Proton Drive for Linux, and separate apps for mail and calendar.]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-1069-f079-e1cb-40e566796355</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-1069-f079-e1cb-40e566796355</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[noam@libranet.de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:12:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:06:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> i wish you made something like "google forms". and did some program for schools/unis for some discounts. (i'm fed with ms teams rn. since few weeks that crap at me is both logged in and out, can't login and thus i haven't did homework since then and will possibly fail uni due to that. while proton still works, maybe with a tiny exception to some glitches in docs like non-endable code fields but anyway...)</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/hacknorris/statuses/116481534475641054</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/hacknorris/statuses/116481534475641054</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[hacknorris@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:27:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> At the bottom of the article, the link for the fediverse is missing <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62e.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--open_mouth" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-O" alt="😮" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/den/statuses/116481384684534877</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/den/statuses/116481384684534877</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[den@phpc.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:27:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:24:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> Thanks for sharing. Great to see that the Linux client for Proton Drive is worked on.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/den/statuses/116481369675949821</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/den/statuses/116481369675949821</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[den@phpc.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:22:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> "We’re also working on the highly anticipated Linux app"</p><p>Yay! Highly anticipated indeed.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reallyzen/statuses/116481364542616337</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reallyzen/statuses/116481364542616337</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[reallyzen@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:22:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Privacy-focused alternatives to Big Tech services have never been more important. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:22:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/protonprivacy%40mastodon.social">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> Looking forward to using Proton Calenders as my default Android calendar app. Also would be nice to have Tasks additionally to dates (similar to Google Calendar) which can be marked as done. Keep up the good work.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116265880132723014/statuses/116481362048314676</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116265880132723014/statuses/116481362048314676</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[chronicc@social.vivaldi.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>