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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year ago

Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

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Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.
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      Questionable and not the point.

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          The point is that Proton, a company that sells privacy, violated that trust, apparently without much of a fight.

          The Spanish police didn’t even allege that the person is a terrorist.

          I think we’re done here. We’re not even speaking the same language.

          Have a nice life.

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            @CaptObvious @Mikufan if the user practiced proper opsec it wouldn’t be an issue. Proton provides privacy not anonymity. Those are 2 different things. The second requires opsec in the users end.

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              if the user practiced proper opsec it wouldn’t be an issue

              Agreed

              Proton provides privacy not anonymity

              Anonymity most certainly is a part of privacy.

              • https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/
              • https://epic.org/issues/democracy-free-speech/anonymity/
              • https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/09/05/anonymity-privacy-and-security-online/
              • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy
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                @CaptObvious Proton never claims to provide anonymity though. They even state that it depends on proper opsec. It was the user fault for proving an email as a recovery that led to a more “willing” company that gave his data to police. If they had never done that, it would be a different situation.

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                  Anonymity is an aspect of privacy. Arguably, it is even expected. Proton pat themselves on the back about privacy without being honest about what that includes. They even have a blog post victim-blaming when their “privacy” marketing is shown to be false.

                  Admittedly, I don’t like Proton. They were far too quick to try to jump in bed with the Chinese Communist Party when Google was kicked out. It left a bad taste. I’ve seen absolutely nothing in the years since to make me question that position.

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                    @[email protected] can definitely be an aspect of privacy but privacy ≠ anonymity. Proton explicitly states this. They arnt going to disobey law, which they also state. I don’t see what the issue is here? They obeyed the law and the user made a mistake on there end. Proton didn’t do anything wrong or tricky

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