Subj : protonmail shares IP address leading to arrest
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Sep 07 2021 03:16:20

  Re: protonmail shares IP address leading to arrest
  By: Ogg to All on Mon Sep 06 2021 08:21 pm

 > Hello All!
 > 
 > ProtonMail Explains Why It Shared a User's IP Address With
 > Police
 > 
 > Even a secure email service can't ignore a legally binding
 > order from Swiss authorities.
 > 
 > By Matthew Humphries
 > 6 Sep 2021, 3:52 p.m.
 > 
 > ProtonMail advertises itself as the world's largest secure
 > email service, and yet it recently shared the IP address and
 > device details of a customer with Swiss and French authorities,
 > which led to an arrest.
 > 
 > https://uk.pcmag.com/old-hosted-email-providers/135500/
 > protonmail-explains-why-it-shared-a-users-ip-address-with-
 > police
 > 
 > Also..
 > 
 > https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-
 > of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/
 > 
 > "While ProtonMail didn't cooperate with French authorities,
 > French police sent a request to Swiss police via Europol to
 > force the company to obtain the IP address of one of its
 > users."

And this surprises.... nobody.

Services like Lavabit who rather shutdown than surrender their TLS certificates
to the authorities are an exception rather than a rule.

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