> I also remember reading somewhere on HN that the creators of Protonmail have some dubious ties
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21680293
Interestingly, u/protonmail's contributions is littered with comments trying to defend ProtonVPN against such allegations here on HN. I guess, user paranoia is the bane of privacy-as-a-service upstarts.
Re: Zoho:
As a Zoho user myself, I must point out that though India isn't 5 eyes or 9 eyes, it has some of the most restrictive laws in terms of Internet freedom and is a surveillance state.