Hello All!ããProtonMail Explains Why It Shared a User's IP Address WithãPoliceããEven a secure email service can't ignore a legally bindingãorder from Swiss authorities.ããBy Matthew Humphriesã6 Sep 2021, 3:52 p.m.ããProtonMail advertises itself as the world's largest secureãemail service, and yet it recently shared the IP address andãdevice details of a customer with Swiss and French authorities,ãwhich led to an arrest.ããhttps://uk.pcmag.com/old-hosted-email-providers/135500/ ãprotonmail-explains-why-it-shared-a-users-ip-address-with- ãpoliceããAlso..ããhttps://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address- ãof-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/ãã"While ProtonMail didn't cooperate with French authorities, ãFrench police sent a request to Swiss police via Europol to ãforce the company to obtain the IP address of one of its ãusers."ãããã--- OpenXP 5.0.50ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

Re: protonmail shares IP address leading to arrestã By: Ogg to All on Mon Sep 06 2021 08:21 pmãã > Hello All!ã > ã > ProtonMail Explains Why It Shared a User's IP Address Withã > Policeã > ã > Even a secure email service can't ignore a legally bindingã > order from Swiss authorities.ã > ã > By Matthew Humphriesã > 6 Sep 2021, 3:52 p.m.ã > ã > ProtonMail advertises itself as the world's largest secureã > email service, and yet it recently shared the IP address andã > device details of a customer with Swiss and French authorities,ã > which led to an arrest.ã > ã > https://uk.pcmag.com/old-hosted-email-providers/135500/ã > protonmail-explains-why-it-shared-a-users-ip-address-with-ã > policeã > ã > Also..ã > ã > https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-ã > of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/ã > ã > "While ProtonMail didn't cooperate with French authorities,ã > French police sent a request to Swiss police via Europol toã > force the company to obtain the IP address of one of itsã > users."ããAnd this surprises.... nobody.ããServices like Lavabit who rather shutdown than surrender their TLS certificatesãto the authorities are an exception rather than a rule.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã