You had to dig deep to get a news from 2021. and still, private doesn‘t mean anonymous, idk why everyone relates the both.
And still, no news here, Proton explained this case several times and they‘ve been pretty transparent.
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let me quote from reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/15luwua/comment/jvd0fz9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3):
The article doesn't link the original court filing or discuss what actually happened, and from the title alone, is rather misleading.
The actual warrant can be found here and has the important missing details: https://drive.proton.me/urls/57QC5F26BW#nseYl6ICaQHm
The only data we could provide (in response to a binding Swiss legal order), was the user's recovery email address, which the user added himself, and is optional to begin with.
Unfortunately, said user also used that recovery address to create a Twitter account, and Twitter turned over his phone number and IP address. So probably not the smartest move if you want to threaten public officials.
Coincidentally, this case again proves that Proton Mail's encryption cannot be bypassed by law enforcement.
At least he didn't use Twitter for this threats.
I should check proton mail, self hosting is exhausting.
They don’t offer unlimited addresses for your own domain. And I kinda rely on that to route different registrations around. Don’t even need unlimited mailboxes, just the ability to use patterns and direct assignments to route mail to a few mailboxes.
If that was an option, I’d switch a week ago.
They semi-recently bought Simple Login which you can provide with your own domain. That does allow you to create unlimited addresses and they'll all be forwarded to the inbox of your choice. Can also disable any addresses when you no longer want them.
Ah shit. I had hoped it would. Didn't yet read into the service.
They support catch-all addresses. So essentially any email @your.TLD will work. I use this and it works perfectly. Nowadays I also use the included simplelogin address if I don't want to disclose even my domain.
I haven't switched yet but I'm about to.
Proton seems to have a pretty powerful filtering system that you can program using a DSL: https://proton.me/support/sieve-advanced-custom-filters
From what I've gathered, you can simulate unlimited addresses for your domain by setting up a catch-all. To reply from a certain catch-all'd address, you need to create an address for that name.
I wonder if you could do that via API; creating and deleting the address just for the moment where you're sending the reply.
It's strange to me that they don't offer unlimited domains. I guess it's to discourage business users from using the cheap email plan intended for individuals? That one doesn't have user management, so that doesn't really make sense either.
and the other one regarding the clima activist:
https://protonmail.com/blog/climate-activist-arrest/
Instead of the original Forbes article, this post links to a youtube video, where an "AI-generated newscaster" talks some general crap without providing any details. I wish I could downvote this spam more than once.
I got you
Seems it was metadata rather than any emails themselves?
Yeah, a recovery mail address (which is optionally added) that was connected to a Twitter account. There is nothing dishonest happening here. They don't have access to our mails, but they are legally bound to share the metadata they do have access to when there is a lawful request from a government agency.
Yes?
Yes.
- Claire Woodall-Vogg, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, was harassed and threatened after an innocuous email exchange with an election consultant was published by conservative news outlets.
- One of the harassers used ProtonMail, an encrypted email service, to send Woodall-Vogg a threatening email.
- The FBI acquired data from Proton Technologies, the owner of ProtonMail, to help them identify the anonymous emailer.
- The FBI was able to find the suspect's identity and conduct a sweep across their internet accounts, but they were not charged with any crimes.
- Woodall-Vogg said that the harassment has not continued recently.
- ProtonMail said that they employ several teams to handle instances of abuse on their platform and that they only provide metadata to law enforcement agencies.
- ProtonMail has received 6,995 orders for data in 2022, of which it contested 1,038.
They said in the past that to retain anonymity, users should use Tor to access the service.
As far as I remember, that was back in 2021, and except some Meta data not much what could been shared. If they have been approached under Swiss law, nothing can be done.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=_5b-vityKJs
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Sauce? YouTube vídeo doesn’t seem to have any sources
Mail encyption on proton is useless once you send a mail to google or any other provider. That is not bashing proton, rather to point out that glowies do not need to deal with proton too much to get what they want.