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

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Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for [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.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Privacy ≠ Anonymity.

    They are not the same thing, and proton are very transparent about what they will and won’t do in this regard.