You block then investigate yes.
Just like every other company in existence does it, since the first thing you want to do is stop continued spread/misuse.
Comment on Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 7 months agoSo, if say, Saudi Arabia's CERT tells them to block a list of reporters accounts, they will gladly do it without demanding any evidence?
fatalicus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I may be wrong here, but does it really make sense when you can’t actually prove the misuse did or did not happen? Say, you suspect phishing, then it’s a matter of inspecting a few next e-mails to/from non-proton users to decide if it’s likely happening. On the other hand, when the account is blocked, proton (as long as the claims about at-rest encryption are true) has no way of verifying the claim, since, as far as I’m aware, a user can’t provide them with what they’ve sent even if they wanted to.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
You’re also arrested when suspected of a crime. If it turns out you were innocent, they will let you go.
First response: stop everything to prevent possible malicious/criminal activity. Then investigate to see if it was the right call. If it was, nice. If it wasn’t: “sorry bud, just doing our jobs. Have a nice day.”
nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Imo this is more akin to a TRO/injunction, you gotta pause it for a second to see if everything checks out before everything goes to shit
hector@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Or us admin sees reporters on a story, or asks for comment before publishing, they hack their accounts or claim whatever and get them shut down.
Old rules of journalism will not work going forward in all cases. Might need more anonymous authorism with third party asking for comment.