> Moving important email to protonmail.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/secure-email-provider-protonma...
Protonmail literally gave up the personal info of some French activists who were later arrested...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/secure-email-provider-protonma...
Protonmail literally gave up the personal info of some French activists who were later arrested...
This isn't an issue with ProtonMail in particular; any email provider has to follow local laws, and Swiss law is generally a pretty good framework if you have to choose.
If this was the case, you would have given the full context in your earlier comment. There is a significant difference between tracking by default and tracking only when issued a court order.
Is there? Either your data is on their server or it isn't. As if they can't give data created before a court order to a government after a court order...
In one case, you track everything.
In the other case, you don't track everything. But you have the ability to turn on logging when required (like, for example, with a warrant).
>As if they can't give data created before a court order
This is surprisingly simple. You just don't track the data until you have to because of a warrant. Then you say "Sorry, I don't have data before your warrant arrived because we do not track it".
This would depend on the warrant.
>If you turn on logging, does it turn on logging for all? (Seems likely yes)
No, the warrant must have a specific (non-drag-net) scope. Broadly scoped warrants are fought to reduce the scope to something specific (reduced time-frame, reduced users, etc.). This is common, even with Google/FB. I'm not sure why you assume yes.
>Therefore one warrant can put all other privacy-desiring users at risk...
No, not really.
They literally claim they're "unable" to give data to 3rd parties.
Another claim is that they have secure features for activists and journalists.
The trust is broken...
>For the record, I have no issue with Protonmail
And I called that out because it was obviously untrue based on the rest of your comment. Now you say
>The trust is broken...
Which sort of proves my whole point to begin with.
Google does exactly what you're upset about ON TOP of a plethora of more insidious things.
If you're trying to make a claim that one is equal to the other you're failing miserably.