Comment on Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity

• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I am pretty sure Mullvad couldn’t do it even if they wanted to.

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      • SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks for explaining. I’m not “people”.

        I had a similar feeling about people leaving Discord for <other service that will do the exact same thing>.

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    • Ibisalt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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