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Email provider ProtonMail deletes no-logging promise after providing activist's IP to investigators

2021-09-07 00:00:00

ProtonMail provided the IP address of a user to Swiss authorities, investigating a climate change activist known to use an email address at the privacy-promising service. ProtonMail has said in the past that it does not collect user data, but it also admits it must yield to the authorities in Switzerland and has now deleted that promise from its website, according to The Register.

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://t.co/KtKF4wn3wv — Etienne – Tek (@tenacioustek) September 5, 2021

On Reddit's /r/ProtonMail forum, ProtonMail CEO Andy Yen wrote that emails are still encrypted end-to-end but it must comply.
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