Proton mail tor6/16/2023 Proton appears to have only reluctantly handed over a user’s information (having been compelled by Swiss police, under threat of presumably serious legal penalties, with no venue for challenging this order). Many activists likely had an understandably strong visceral reaction to the news that Proton had apparently acted as an informant in this case. Ever since the broadly-trusted, Switzerland-based encrypted email service ProtonMail acknowledged that it helped identify a young French climate activist, organizers have been pondering whether they should continue using ProtonMail accounts.įor the sake of solidarity, the strength of our movements, and the safety of our people, activists must never cooperate with law enforcement, and they need to be able rely on their communication channels to protect them from invasive government overreach.
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