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“Many of our new users have voiced a few common concerns both on Twitter and also in emails to us,” the company said. public of what Trump may usher in once he’s in the White House hot seat. Many of ProtonMail’s million-plus users live in the U.S., so it’s interesting to note the rise in signups the company has seen over the past few days, and it is indicative of the concern among the U.S. And the reelection of Republican Senator Richard Burr under a Trump presidency also raises concerns, given that Burr led a recent failed attempt to pass legislation that would require technology companies to build secret “back doors” into their products, permitting authorities to bypass built-in data-protection tools. Indeed, Trump made a number of public attacks against the technology industry during his presidential campaign - for example, he called for people to boycott Apple products over the company’s refusal to help the FBI unlock an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino killers.

There have been growing concerns about what Trump’s election victory will mean for U.S.
