Elijah WaxwingMay 7, 2024

Protonmail is cop friendly. Any reasonable privacy aware email provider would hash the secondary email, not store it as cleartext. I implemented secondary email hashing for Riseup to prevent exactly this thing, over a decade ago.

https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/

Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.

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Show threadJustin !May 7, 2024
@elijah also, not logging user IPs is the bare minimum if you want to call yourself a secure email provider.
Show threadTony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀May 8, 2024

@just1602 @elijah Signal feels like the gold standard here. This is how they respond to subpoenas:

https://signal.org/blog/looking-back-as-the-world-moves-forward/

Looking back at how Signal works, as the world moves forward

In the midst of world-wide protests against racism and police brutality, a lot of people are becoming more immediately aware and concerned about the security of their data and online communication. We’ve gotten a lot of questions at Signal over the past week, so we wanted to briefly recap how it ...

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Show threadElijah WaxwingMay 8, 2024
@bascule @just1602 Agreed. I have held off on fully recommending Signal for all situations because of phone numbers, but now that Signal has disposable handles there is no other protocol that comes close: forward secret, asynchronous, blind envelopes, secure contact discovery, encrypted multiplexing, unlinked handles... Each of these was a major technical innovation that moxie and Trevor and the Signal team deserve credit for. It would be nice if call routing proxy was enabled by default, but I understand why it is not. Email will never be able to combine those
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@elijah @bascule @just1602

Unfortunately, unlike email, there is no browser based web app for using Signal Messenger to the best of my knowledge. Installation of Signal app is necessary on any platform and this may not be appreciated by many potential users. Though Signal Messenger has disposable username handles, phone number is still mandatory only for registration and this can be a source of discomfort for some. Many countries require identification to buy a sim card. Also recovery e-mail is not compulsory for using Proton Mail.

However, I appreciate the innovations of Signal app towards defending free speech and communication.

#Signalapp #Signal #Proton #Protonmail
May 9, 2024 at 7:55amWeb