cross-posted from : https://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.
The fuck is the point? That banking details are subpeonable?
The point is that the headline is true. Proton helped the FBI uncover that person’s identity, by revealing their banking information.
Yes, it was legal for the Swiss government to request that information and for Proton to release it when asked.
Those facts aren’t mutually exclusive.
I don’t understand why you’re responding so aggressively.
not directly related but on top of this, wasnt it the massive campaining and political pressure from us and eu that forced swiss banks to lift the swiss bank secrecy? maybe people start to understand this law exist(ed) for other reasons than tax evasion.
Because people are like “OMG proton is such a snitch time to switch to <other service that will do the exact same thing>”
I am pretty sure Mullvad couldn’t do it even if they wanted to.
Thanks for explaining. I’m not “people”.
I had a similar feeling about people leaving Discord for <other service that will do the exact same thing>.
Nah, discord has access to unencrypted chat logs and will happily give that up. Way way more of an impetus to leave.