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Comment on Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

I’m not saying “yay, it’s morally good to send bomb threats.”

Folks who care about privacy don’t want their email provider engaging with local authorities.

when tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty

“Illegal” is NOT immoral, and when laws are increasingly being passed by right-wing nutjobs folks doing the right thing will be doing illegal things.

women get access to an abortion
undocumented folks avoiding being sent to El Salvador
trans folks getting healthcare

Any platform has three options:

Always comply with law enforcement, and give up vulnerable populations that are targeted by the government
Never comply with law enforcement, and make law enforcement track down bomb threats some other way
Sometimes comply with law enforcement, based on… what criteria? where’s the line?

3 is obviously the thing we’d like, but a) no company is going to open itself up to legal threats by doing it.

This article shows that Proton Mail is falling into category 2. I think that category should exist to protect vulnerable populations.

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shawn1122@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I see where you’re coming from but I think that line can be drawn by those with a moral compass, which I understand America is failing at right now.

I truly believe most people can distinguish between threatening to bomb children and any of the examples you’ve listed but perhaps I’m giving people too much of a benefit of the doubt.

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- dil@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There are plenty of people that things that each of those things are morally wrong, and some who would say that they’re much worse than a bomb threat.
  
  Those people are writing the laws.
  
  Legality and morality are two completely different things. It’s a comfortable lie to think they’re the same.
  
  Having an email provider that will not comply with law enforcement is important because any of us could be next on the target list.
  
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