Proton Mail has released a brand new desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
The app means subscribers to the privacy-focused mail service no longer need to use a web browser to read, send, and manage their mail.
For privacy-conscious folks, Proton needs little introduction. Formed by a group of scientists and engineers who met working at CERN circa 2014, the company provides a wide range of secure, privacy-focused online services including encrypted email, VPN, and cloud storage.
On the Proton blog the company explains the rationale behind freeing their webmail service from the confines of a web browser:
“In addition to privacy concerns, accessing your email from a browser can make it hard to focus on the task at hand. You use your browser for much more than email, so it’s easy to miss new messages or reminders in between all the open tabs for social media, online shopping, and more.”
