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This is very easy to google (oh wait fuck i sound uncool now i meant http://xo.wtf/ search 🥲) there are hella articles about this. I don't think either of these articles are where I read about it so retweets are not endorsements and all haha if they say some dumb shit in them I'm not reading Tech Journalism rn
https://web.archive.org/https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/6/22659861/protonmail-swiss-court-order-french-climate-activist-arrest-identification
https://web.archive.org/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/
It's actually more complicated than that.
https://www.wired.com/story/protonmail-amends-policy-after-giving-up-activists-data/
So ProtonMail is the problematic service, since it can be compelled by courts to log. ProtonVPN cannot be compelled to start logging.
Oh yeah I heard that part already, it's more abt the org being compromised. WIRED regularly publishes articles that are clearly in coordination with the state department, by the way.
I'm too noided about this stuff, I have no reason to talk shit about Mullvad other than the locations of their servers and knowing that feds have high level wiretaps at datacenters that pretty much none of us can get around, and I'm still talking shit about them
Go listen to feds talking about their training in "physical penetration" if you want to know more lol. They go brag about this shit
Why are you downvoting losers lol??? They clearly are able to give your shit to police even if you pay them $50/year or something. You're welcome, redditors
Only if you use ProtonMail. ProtonVPN is subject to different laws.
https://www.wired.com/story/protonmail-amends-policy-after-giving-up-activists-data/
Have you ever heard the phrase "fool me twice, shame on me"
Yes. But people are allowed to make their own informed choices for themselves. I'm not here to tell people what risk is acceptable for them.
Well yea I'm clearly in agreement with ya since I only told OP this due to them expressing a worry abt privacy, they deserve to know. I almost began shoving instructions for switching to Linux down their throat haha