Proton Mail gave FBI payment data from Swiss servers, proving encrypted email privacy has limits when governments use legal treaties to demand user information.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297

Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com — 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.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
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    29 days ago

    More and more I consider just self hosting. Does have obvious drawbacks though 😅

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      29 days ago

      Even some commercial less well known mail providers are sometimes blocked by big players like gmail and outlook for anti-spam reasons.

      • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        29 days ago

        Self hosted my mail for decades, the only issue i’ve had is Hotmail/outlook, who have blacklisted my IP with no way to unblock it.

        Gmail is pretty good

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          29 days ago

          My mail provider isn’t that big. We got blocked by both outlook and gmail, but I duckduckwent a workaround which worked. Something about editing some mail record somewhere. Can’t remember what, I’m afraid.