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Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity (www.gadgetreview.com)
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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297

Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com — 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.

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[–] 61 points 8 months ago (10 children)

No, they responded to a legal request by the swiss government to provide banking details.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Sounds just like Proton in the article:

    Proton AG clarified they shared no data directly with the FBI — technically accurate but missing the point.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    The fuck is the point? That banking details are subpeonable?

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    The point is that the headline is true. Proton helped the FBI uncover that person's identity, by revealing their banking information.

    Yes, it was legal for the Swiss government to request that information and for Proton to release it when asked.

    Those facts aren't mutually exclusive.

    I don't understand why you're responding so aggressively.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    not directly related but on top of this, wasnt it the massive campaining and political pressure from us and eu that forced swiss banks to lift the swiss bank secrecy? maybe people start to understand this law exist(ed) for other reasons than tax evasion.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Because people are like "OMG proton is such a snitch time to switch to <other service that will do the exact same thing>"

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Proton AG clarified they shared no data directly with the FBI

    “I’m gonna put this data in this box right here, the one labeled ‘Private Data’. If the FBI takes that data and does something with it, I had nothing to do with it and didn’t give them the data directly”

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