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.
Your technical and legal understanding seems limited. I personally work in the IT space and am a hobbyist in legal matters, in particular data protection.
I’m pretty sure there was nothing they could’ve legally done to protect the payment information.
It’s not a “bad look” for Proton; instead, it’s just people being confronted with reality.
If you commit a crime, law enforcement will be after you, and if your operational security sucks, there will be no service that can counter that.
Your technical and legal understanding seems limited. I personally work in the IT space and am a hobbyist in legal matters, in particular data protection.
I’m pretty sure there was nothing they could’ve legally done to protect the payment information.
It’s not a “bad look” for Proton; instead, it’s just people being confronted with reality.
If you commit a crime, law enforcement will be after you, and if your operational security sucks, there will be no service that can counter that.