Proton Mail gave FBI payment data from Swiss servers, proving encrypted email privacy has limits when governments use legal treaties to demand user information.

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.

  • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    I signed up for a proton account and they immediately suspended it for “suspicious activity.”

    My IP is on some foreign blacklist I found out. No option to appeal or anything, no explanation, I would have to verify my account with personal information which defeats the purpose.

    Garbage company, 100% handing information to the cia and israel I bet.