ProtonMail is under fire for disclosing a French activist's IP address to Swiss authorities; ProtonMail had claimed to only log IPs in “extreme criminal cases”
So @ProtonMail received a legal request from Europol through Swiss authorities to provide information about Youth for Climate action in Paris, they provided the IP address and information on the type of device used to the police https://twitter.com/...
@filosottile
Filippo Valsorda on x
Strong disagree. As always, the problem with ProtonMail is not that they don't deliver an impossible product (secure email), but that they advertise it. It's a choice, they know it, they benefit from it, their users believe it, and they are responsible for it. https://twitter.com…
@openterms
@openterms on x
👀 @ProtonMail has given its Privacy policy a slight but essential refresh on Sept. 6. “If you are breaking Swiss law, ProtonMail can be legally compelled to log your IP address as part of a Swiss criminal investigation.” ⤵️ https://github.com/... https://twitter.com/...