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

 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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