A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
What a complete idiot. You create a protest email account linked to your credit card?
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.
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.
I think the bigger issue is that the FBI was able to obtain the data.
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.