GoKawiilProton has announced a new video conferencing service named Meet and positioned it as a privacy-focused alternative to mainstream services like Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.
Meet provides end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) calls to protect the confidentiality of the conversations and does not require a paid plan or even a Proton account to use. It is free for one-hour meetings of up to 50 participants. For longer calls, Proton offers a “pro” plan that starts at $7.99/month.
Proton says Meet was created in response to the increasing need for privacy-first, EU-based alternatives that make it easier to comply with GDPR, or even CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), addressing the complexities of laws such as the US Cloud Act, and overcoming challenges posed by an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment.
Apart from the legal aspect, Proton highlights the rampant practice of using people’s conversations to train AI models, which creates the risk of private data exposure from large language models (LLMs).
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“Proton Meet gives you back your privacy and peace of mind by protecting your calls with end-to-end encryption, so nobody can listen in or use your conversations to sell ads, conduct surveillance, or train AI,” Proton says.
Meet works as simply as creating a conference call link and sharing it with other participants.
The new service is fully integrated with Proton Calendar and also supports adding scheduled meetings to Google and Microsoft calendars.
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