ProtonMail often touts its Swiss jurisdiction and privacy guarantees, but at the same time, it is complying with a record number of data request orders going through the Swiss legal system. ProtonMail is one of the most popular secure email services in the world, having launched in 2014 via a crowdfunding campaign. It promises a …
  • Achird@sh.itjust.works
    1973·
    10 months ago

    Proton are very transparent about what data is and isn’t stored, how data is protected and what (very limited) data may be available in the event of a legal warrant - going through all the proper channels.

    Complying with legal warrants doesnt make the service insecure or not private. It makes it a legal and legitimate company.

    It shouldn’t really be a surprise to any of it’s users.

    • nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
      55·
      10 months ago

      Some people have the idea that a private business is going to break the law or defy their governments requests for them. That’s completely deluded, nobody would ever open willingly expose themself to that kind of risk. No organization is going to let themselves go on trial for $15/month. It seems we have a binary idea of privacy, when the reality is much more complex.

      • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        181·
        10 months ago

        It’s the “if you’re not with us, then you’re against us” mentality.

        Huh, I guess these people haven’t been roaming the real world for a long time, they get their ideas from television shows and movies.

    • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
      101·
      10 months ago

      The best take on here. The reasonable one that still highlights how much better it is compared to other mainstream services

    • RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml
      5·
      10 months ago

      Remember that time I think it was Signal got a warrant for all data they had on a user and literally all the data they had was account name, creation date, and last login date? That was funny.