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Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity

Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity - Lemmy.zip

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297 [https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297] > Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for [email protected] [[email protected]] — the account linked to Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta. The FBI obtained this information through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request on January 25, 2024, identifying the activist behind the anonymous account through their credit card identifier.

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unclellama

My question is what’s the legal requirements for payments? How long do they have to keep transaction records and do they have to connect this too accounts? This should be available in the ToS(but cannot find this). Compare with Mullvad (mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy)

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GreatWhiteBuffalo41 Mar 8

I’m pretty sure proton offers a crypto payment of some form. Which would mean if this person had used that instead of a credit card, theoretically there wouldn’t be anything to subpoena.