New Delhi, July 8: Swiss technology company Proton has announced the launch of Proton Docs, a new privacy-focused document service, which is expected to compete with Google Docs and Microsoft 365. Proton, known for its secure email service Proton Mail, is expanding its suite of privacy-centric tools. The introduction of Proton Docs is likely to offer users an alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft 365 with enhanced security and privacy.

As per a report of Zee News, Proton Docs is built on the same privacy and security principles as Proton's other services, starting with end-to-end encryption. It means that even Proton cannot access the content of your documents. The company emphasises that users data is protected by strict Swiss privacy laws, as per the information available on the official blog of Proton. GPT-4o Rival: Kyutai Labs Launches Moshi AI Chatbot With Real-Time Voice Features; Check Details.

Proton Docs Features

Proton Docs comes with privacy at its core. It uses end-to-end encryption to ensure that only the document's creator and their collaborators can access the content. Proton Drive keeps your document creation and editing private, which is accessible only to you and those you choose to share. It will likely make sharing and working easy by letting users to invite others to view or edit your documents with one click. OpenAI Sora-Rival Gen-3 Alpha Text-to-Video Generator by Runway AI Now Available for Everyone; Check Details.

Users can collaborate in real time, with changes showing up immediately so everyone can check the latest version. Teamwork is expected to boost by these features that will show who is viewing or editing by using cursors and presence indicators. Users can also leave comments and replies for feedback without changing the main content and these comments will be visible to all collaborators to keep everyone. Users can also import and export documents and upload .docx files, edit them, and download them in formats like .docx, .txt, .md and HTML.

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