404 MediaMar 6
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.
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 threadRedMar 6

@404mediaco This headline really throws me off because it's sensational at best, biased at worst, and not at all the attention-baiting nonsense I'd expect from 404 Media.

Did Proton "help the FBI"? Or did the Swiss government legally require them to turn over payment data, and the the Swiss helped the FBI?

Is the kind of payment data Proton collected publically disclosed in their ToS or Privacy Policy?

Are other "private" email services also beholden to laws which would require them to do the same in a similar situation? Is "privacy" the same as "anonimity", and is that relevant here?

Are there tools that activists should be using instead of Proton, which ones?

Be better.

Show threadKaosc
@r3dr3clus3 @404mediaco Thanks for the more nuanced take.
Mar 6 at 11:50pmWeb