Proton Mail Provided Payment Data to Authorities That Helped FBI Identify Stop Cop City Protester
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Summary
Privacy-focused email service Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement, which was then shared with the FBI to identify the account holder. This case reveals the types of data Proton Mail can provide to authorities despite its encryption and Swiss privacy law protections.
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The records provide insight into the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on its end-to-end encryption and that it is only governed by Swiss privacy law, can and does provide to third parties
In this case, the Proton Mail account was affiliated with the Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTAF) group
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
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