Joseph CoxMar 5
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

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Show threadtekheddMar 5
@josephcox If you pay for a privacy service with a credit card, well, duh? Companies can't really say no to their governments.
Show threadDave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran Mar 5
@tekhedd @josephcox pretty sure proton's not US-based, so the FBI wouldn't really be "their" government
Show threadtekheddMar 5
@dave_cochran @josephcox no, but governments have these sort of agreement thingies. I'm sure a quick search will turn up, well, 30 pages of AI hallucination completely unrelated to your search terms, but geeksplaining it here is obviously not the answer.
Show threadDave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran 
@tekhedd @josephcox fair point; i'd kinda assumed that the current political ....situation here in the US would have caused many/most/all of those to dissolve but I've been wrong before
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Show threadtekheddMar 5
@dave_cochran @josephcox Well I mean, those law enforcement types generally consider themselves to be in a sort of giant worldwide fraternity...but you're right I'm sort of surprised anybody is willing to talk to us at this point. (Yeah, I said "us." This year is the most embarrassed I've ever been of my country SO FAR.)
Show threadTaran RampersadMar 5
@tekhedd @dave_cochran @josephcox Interpol.