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."
Sysop: | digital man |
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Location: | Riverside County, California |
Users: | 1,049 |
Nodes: | 15 (0 / 15) |
Uptime: | 34:38:07 |
Calls: | 236,034 |
Calls today: | 5 |
Files: | 60,362 |
D/L today: |
5,600 files (830M bytes) |
Messages: | 289,152 |
Posted today: | 8 |