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.
It was approved by a Swiss court, so they had no choice. It’s an expected result, no company will break the law for you, if you have high threat model don’t use paper trails.
That said, Proton marketing is very misleading and I hope this bad PR will force them to change direction.