The Swiss company’s Photo Backup in Proton Drive now provides iOS users with the ability to store their photos in an encrypted manner from beginning to end.
Photo Backup for iOS is a new method that Proton offers to back up your images, which is useful if your iPhone is digitally bulging at the seams as a result of all the photos that are stored on it. Photo Backup has been accessible to users of Android smartphones since December, and it has now officially migrated to devices that are owned by Apple.
Not only is the Swiss company providing an additional method to automatically upload your photographs to a new online storage area, but it is also providing. In addition, Proton guarantees that they will be stored in a secure manner using end-to-end encryption, which will prevent anyone else from viewing or accessing them.
Additionally, Proton guarantees a smooth interaction with your iPhone and all of your photo libraries. In addition to providing simultaneous access on mobile devices and the web, the feature allows for the automatic uploading and synchronization of your digital photo and video collection. In addition, there is a mode called “Available offline,” which allows you to continue to have access to specific photos and videos even when you do not have internet access, while still preserving the encrypted safety status of the content.
The Proton Photo Backup service provides free storage space of up to 5 GB, as well as a plan that costs $4 per month for 200 GB of storage space. Access to additional Proton services, including as Proton Mail and Proton VPN, is included in the Proton Unlimited plan, which costs $10 per month and provides 500GB of storage space within the platform.
In 2014, Proton was initially launched as Proton Mail, an encrypted email service that was supported by a successful IndieGoGo campaign that earned more than $550,000 from more than 10,000 backers. Since then, the Swiss company has relaunched itself as simply Proton and is also offering additional encrypted services such as a virtual private network (VPN), cloud storage, and a calendar. With the announcement that it would move to a non-profit model on Monday, the company rebuilt itself against the competition. According to a blog post published by the company, “a Swiss non-profit structure provides additional security, which a corporation alone cannot achieve.” To be more specific, the company has stated that it does not have any investors in venture capital and has also mentioned that Swiss foundations do not have shareholders. Therefore, the company believes that establishing itself in this new model could be advantageous for the company in order to maintain its existence in a world where the services of Google, Microsoft, and Apple are currently dominant.