• MORTARS@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Proton busted some French environmental activists IIRC. Mullvad sketches me out because of where the servers are located lol

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      2 years ago

      So it seems like it was ProtonMail that handed over the information and not their VPN service. Just for clarification.

      Technically speaking, if the people really wanted to remain fully anonymous they could’ve used a VPN to login to their email and the information could’ve then pointed to a VPN service which would have to comply with the authorities. Not sure how much they have to comply with Swiss orders in those regards but it seems like this is unfortunate but not fully on Proton imo.