wakest likes your bugs ⁂RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116178581339270397
Proton is a honey pot. If you are using it as an activist you should think twice about what its actually providing you.
heres the full article behind the paywall https://archive.ph/gx6U4 (yes I know archive.today has some serious issues too, but I don't have a better source to unpaywall links yet)
Proton doxxed @defendATLforest directly to the Swiss authorities which then handed the information directly to the FBI. The police have KILLED people defending the forest there. Tortuguita died for this movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tortuguita
Hey @thefinalstrawradio, yall should probably cover this Proton situation...
The Final Straw Radio@liaizon proton appears less a honeypot than a business that operates in legal jurisdictions under a TOS, required to give info they have to governments during investigations.
Movements and individuals shouldn't consider info they give up safe to such a project (payment info, legal IDs, contact info).
Such concerns require services where anonymous payment is possible or no payment is required
This thread gives some smart challenges to the question of security v useability
https://bsky.app/profile/activistchecklist.org/post/3mgdwg4zn5c2d
Movements and individuals shouldn't consider info they give up safe to such a project (payment info, legal IDs, contact info).
Such concerns require services where anonymous payment is possible or no payment is required
This thread gives some smart challenges to the question of security v useability
https://bsky.app/profile/activistchecklist.org/post/3mgdwg4zn5c2d
ActivistChecklist.org (@activistchecklist.org)
🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action. Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email. It depends on your threat model. Let's explore. (Long thread incoming 👇) [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Cassandrich@thefinalstrawradio @liaizon But Proton's CEO is also fash-aligned. From the "wikileaks rapists, drug dealers, csam peddlers, qanon" school of privacy not the "antifascist & anarchist" school of privacy.