cross-posted from : 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.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
It was approved by a Swiss court, so they had no choice. It’s an expected result, no company will break a law for you, if you have high threat model don’t use paper trails.
That said, Proton marketing is very misleading and I hope this bad PR wil force them to change direction.