# Proton’s CTO says there’s no such thing as a good backdoor

> Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the company that makes private and secure productivity software.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/966074/proton-cto-bart-butler-privacy-encryption-surveillance-age-verification?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a58f988e298cccf621f94a0)
- **Published:** 2026-07-16
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #openai #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a58f988e298cccf621f94a0

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