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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
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this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2026
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Unfortunately, the FBI can ask the Swiss govt to get that info and the Swiss govt can request it from Proton. Proton has to give info that the Swiss govt requests based on their laws, hence why it was payment info. It’s talked about in their privacy policy.
and they offer both crypto and literal envelopes full of cash as payment methods.
and they provide a guide for connecting to their onion service over tor.
This is just an issue of someone not understanding their threat model or the services offered.
They have also said before too that they're not trying to make like snowden level privacy or something. To plan on doing illegal stuff coordinating with an email account you paid for by credit card is really foolish.
This is true.