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Andy Yen    

Co-Founder & CEO of ProtonMail, Which Seeks to Make Secure Email Accessible

Andy Yen is a scientist at CERN. With two colleagues, Wei Sun and Jason Stockman, he co-founded ProtonMail, an encrypted email startup based in Geneva, Switzerland, that seeks to make secure email accessible. The group aims to advance internet security and protect online privacy rights by making it possible for everyone to incorporate encryption into their everyday communication.

A physicist and economist by training, Andy has been part of the ATLAS experiment at CERN since 2010, where his research focus has been on searches for supersymmetric particles. He is translating his experience in large-scale computing to build the infrastructure that is used to run ProtonMail.

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Russia blocks encrypted email provider ProtonMail | TechCrunch
ProtonMail chief executive Andy Yen called the block “particularly sneaky,” in an ... is not blocked in the normal way, it's actually a bit more subtle,” said Yen.
No, ProtonMail Is Not 'Partnering' With China's Huawei
ProtonMail founder Andy Yen sets the record straight.
Bellingcat journalists targeted by failed phishing attempt | TechCrunch
... service itself,” said ProtonMail's chief executive Andy Yen. “For this reason, the attackers opted for a phishing campaign that targeted the journalists directly.”.

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