cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297
Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for [email protected] — the account linked to Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta. The FBI obtained this information through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request on January 25, 2024, identifying the activist behind the anonymous account through their credit card identifier.
Because people are like “OMG proton is such a snitch time to switch to <other service that will do the exact same thing>”
I am pretty sure Mullvad couldn’t do it even if they wanted to.
They can do it up to 6 weeks or something.
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>.
Nah, discord has access to unencrypted chat logs and will happily give that up. Way way more of an impetus to leave.