You can now try ProtonCalendar: the ProtonMail encrypted calendar service

Hundreds of millions of people use their Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail accounts every day assuming that in those services their mail is not encrypted: whoever intercepts that communication could have access to our messages, and in fact companies like Google offer those services for free , but "read" our emails to offer us publicity.

ProtonMail, the ultra private email developed by CERN and MIT scientists that aims to safeguard the privacy of its users' communications.

Proton, the company behind ProtonMail, has just introduced a new product: ProtonCalendar. As the name implies, it is a calendar and (as you can imagine) has privacy as the main strength.

"A calendar is much more than a tool"

Through a blog post, the company ensures that "a calendar is much more than a tool. It is a record of the moments that make up your life: your big meetings, your meetings with friends and children's birthdays."

Proton states that this calendar service encrypts the locations, title, participants and descriptions entered in ProtonCalendar. They ensure that the information remains encrypted when it is on their servers, helping to protect the user from hackers and other possible problems.

"For a long time, to easily organize these events, you had to let the big corporations monitor these special moments. These companies snoop around your calendar and use that information to inform the advertising company."

ProtonCalendar claims to be the first service of its kind to offer this level of security in a calendar tool. However, it is not the first product born after ProtonMail, since in mid-2017 they launched a VPN service.

In terms of design, we will find the classic calendar interface to which we are accustomed: a clean design, ability to change the view according to month, week or day, and colors for different events.

Also, as expected, it will be linked to a ProtonMail email account, and we will find the app icon in the menu on the left of the mail client. So, if you have a ProtonMail account, you can already try the beta of this calendar service.