Privacy giants are pushing back hard against the proposed Lawful Access Act

• Proton VPN has hit back at Canada’s proposed Bill C-22

• The proposed legislation could require VPNs to log user metadata

• NordVPN and Windscribe have also slammed the bill

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Is it this, or something else?

    https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/proton-mail-journalist-accounts-suspended/

    I’ve been following this on X/Twitter and I think one of the most egregious things that’s important to point out is that folks from Phrack reached out to Proton in private multiple times, and Proton ghosted them. Proton only engaged with them and then reinstated the accounts after Phrack went public and their X/Twitter post went viral. It also looks like one of the writers filed an appeal with Proton and Proton denied the appeal, so they manually investigated the incident and refused to reinstate the account and then only did after this got attention on X/Twitter.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45227316

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      I do read The Intercept but that article is not what I’m talking about, there’s something else that was a lot worse than that that they did just last year. Someone who isn’t me signed up for an account and it’s totally legit and was denied because they’re on a blacklist because Israel and there was no way to like appeal on proton.

      • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
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        54 minutes ago

        I’d love to see that article if you can find it. I’ll add it to a folder’s worth of bookmarks that is growing larger than it should.

        • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
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          39 minutes ago

          I was just saying my comment that while I do read that publication what I’m talking about is a direct experience of someone who is not me.