Proton doesn’t require a recovery email.
Proton isn’t the victim, but they aren’t at fault either.
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CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 months agoAnd if they didn’t require that secondary email address or would allow a temporary, they would have had nothing to give in the first place.
Proton aren’t the victim here.
kingster@lemmy.world 5 months ago
4am@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Oh yes because you HAVE to give them your real.name@gmail address. Very cool and privacy focused.
Suspect knew what info he had put where. Poor OPSEC.
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 months ago
Yes, as the reporter demonstrated, you have to give them a second email address. Or did I miss your point?
Plopp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think you missed their point. You don’t have to give them anything related to or connected to your real name or identity.
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 months ago
Fair point.
Alk@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They don’t require a secondary email address.
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
They do in certain cases. If you sign up through a VPN or Tor, they require you to provide a recovery email. They don’t accept temporary email addresses, and even if you don’t sign up work a VPN, they’ll still collect and be obligated to hand over your IP