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Exciting news from :
protonmail.com/blog/community-
Anyone based in or around Switzerland, Phase 1 will be exciting (Zurich is a great place to visit), and Phase 2 is open for global testers!

If you ask me, they are building a hardware 2FA token.
Why?
1.Their blog posts goes "we have been studying how to use hardware to secure digital communication and empower you to secure your digital identity".
2. They asked about this in their survey last winter:
see question 10 [here](protonmail.com/blog/2017-surve)

@Nuntius So vague and intriguing! I've submitted my application. And I suspect you're right about a 2FA hardware token, since it seems the most likely thing for them to work on as their first piece of hardware.

@Nuntius wahoo! submitted a bunch of beta requests from multiple protonmail accounts :P

hoping i get into phase 2!