A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

I saw this over on reddit and people complaining that they “betrayed” their user base. It’s amazing how many people think just because they’re privacy based that means they won’t respond to a lawful court order.

  • Maki@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    121·
    15 hours ago

    Privacy and anonimity are two wholly different concepts. Proton offers the first, not the latter.

    • maplesaga@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      People always thinks privacy means the state of being private and the state of not being seen by others, just because its the definition. But its not.