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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Proton leaked a user's IP address to law enforcement, you should seek alternatives. source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They complied with a swiss court order, what's surprising there?

Alternatives like Tuta would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Germany, and Germany's laws are not as good as Switzerland, as they are part of the 14 Eyes. You don't actually believe alternatives like Tuta would defy a court order, right?

(Pro tip: Maybe use a VPN to hide your IP. ProtonVPN is subject to different laws as Protonmail and if the activist have used the VPN, their IP would not have been leaked)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They should not record the IP in the first place. It looks like you are right about using a VPN on top of their email service according to this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Proton can be forced to log IP addresses via a Swiss Court order (at least for its Email service)