@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.
@r3dr3clus3 @404mediaco I think there's a major nuance here.
Proton gave up the information. They did so in a right and proper way. It's newsworthy, and it doesn't make proton bad (in a new way), but it's still newsworthy it happened!
@silverwizard @r3dr3clus3 @404mediaco The headline does seem to put the “blame” on Proton here, which is (pardon the pun) unwarranted.
It’s, perhaps, newsworthy, but the emphasis could be better directed at the Swiss government. Why are they facilitating this? Of course Proton has to comply with the laws of the country they’re in - the real question is why a government outside the US is helping LE here in a matter that they really shouldn’t be?
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