cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/60387352
cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297
Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com — 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.
Oh so not privacy focused at all.
They could have used a private payment method. Not saying it’s ok what happened, but they gotta comply with the local laws.
You want privacy ,go offgrid and pay cash for email provider ,never use a creditcard
I have no idea why anyone would even trust a company that passes off email as secure. That’s just not the way it was designed.
Privacy ≠ Anonymity.
They are not the same thing, and proton are very transparent about what they will and won’t do in this regard.