# Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/proton-s-cto-no-company-is-going-to-jail-for-you Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/proton-s-cto-no-company-is-going-to-jail-for-you.md Podcast: [Decoder with Nilay Patel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel) Published: 2026-07-16T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8586650749.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8586650749.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/decoder-with-nilay-patel/episodes/proton-s-cto-no-company-is-going-to-jail-for-you Duration seconds: 5055 ## Resource We’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking today with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the company that makes private and secure productivity software. There’s a lot of big Decoder themes in this one. That includes how Proton has structured its ownership and architected its products to align its incentives with protecting users. At the same time, Proton faces new challenges and pressures, both at home in Switzerland and from the EU and US government that are putting its values to the test.  Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links:  Proton now offers an entire bundle of office services | The Verge Proton Mail helped FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester | 404Media Proton says it will leave Switzerland if this controversial law Is passed | Vice Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway | The Verge Let’s build a children’s public internet | The Verge Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet | The Verge Why Chat Control 1.0 is the EU's most Orwellian law yet | Euronews Subscribe to The Verge to access the ad-free version of Decoder! Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt and edited by Ursa Wright. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane.  The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/decoder-with-nilay-patel/episodes/proton-s-cto-no-company-is-going-to-jail-for-you/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/proton-s-cto-no-company-is-going-to-jail-for-you.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.