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Swissprivacy - centre company Protonhas launched its closing - to - end encrypted ( E2EE ) cloud storehouse servicefor Mac drug user , four monthsafter it land on Windows .
Founded some nine year ago , Proton was originally rivet on itsflagship Gmail option call up Proton Mail , but the companionship has enlarge its horizonsinto VPNs , apassword handler , calendarand , indeed , cloud reposition .
Proton debuted Proton Drive on the weblast September , which was followed bynative mobile apps in Decemberand Windows in July — so today ’s tidings pretty much think of that Proton Drive is now in full cross - platform , with drug user able to synchronize everything across all devices they use .
Proton Drive constitutes part of Proton ’s grand plan to bring in secure , privacy - pore Google - alternative product to mart . Or , perhaps more accurately in the case of most Mac users , an choice to Apple ’s iCloud .
Indeed , Proton Drive promises full encoding for files and leaflet by nonremittal — although Appledid recently introduce end - to - end - encoding for some types of data on iCloud , it has to be manually activated by user . Proton Drive , on the other paw , says it uses full encoding across all data point , including metadata and single file - names , by default .
Proton Driveships with 1 GB of computer storage for free , with additional paid plans available take up at $ 4 / calendar month for 200 GB of memory board plus extra characteristic such as the power to mechanically store late versions of a file for up to 10 twelvemonth .
For now , Proton Drive for Mac will only sync files to the cloud that are stack away in the Proton Drive folder , but Proton says it ’s working to enable synchronization for any local folder .
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Also , while Proton hasopen sourced most of its apps through the years , allowing third - parties such as security researchers to inspect the underlie codification , the Proton Drive Mac app is n’t yet open source — but the troupe says this will happen in due course .
And for Linux user , Proton haspreviously indicated that it will find finally , but it ’s on its farseeing - term roadmap .
