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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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@faket @threemaapp Did you read the article and the comments below it?

Proton seems to have complied with a legal, valid request from Swish public authorities. If this report is true, then any company in Switzerland will have to comply with their legal rules (Like any organisation will have to comply to the local legal rules. Signal would also have to comply to a US national security letter as far as I know. Though the Signals operators always know the mobile phone number. While Threema will have a payment information trail to follow.)

A good approach for sensible accounts for Proton, Threema, Mailbox and Posteo is to pay by cash (letter).

I remember #Mullvad offers "gift cards" that you can purchase physically at select stores (and pay in cash of course), I wonder if #Proton, #Tuta and the such can eventually start offering that service.
@csolisr FYI, Android users can buy Threema with cash, see https://threema.com/en/blog/cash. ^pr
Pay Threema’s Android App with Cash and Remain Anonymous

Pay Threema’s Android App with Cash and Remain Anonymous

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