It's worth reading some very important context provided directly from the Proton team. The only thing provided to the Swiss authorities (not the FBI, as the FBI has no direct jurisdiction or authority to force Proton to disclose anything) was the payment identifier on the card. This was directly requested by the Swiss government in relation to a request submitted to them by the FBI, so Proton has no choice but to provide it. The actual contents of the service are protected.
The real issue here lies with the protester using a traceable payment method. They have to collect and retain payment information for users with active subscriptions, and I would be shocked if there wasn't a law on Switzerland's books that requires the storage of payment information in the event an investigation or request like this comes up.
If people want to end their trust over this, that's their prerogative. Unless you're a terrorist, or someone plotting something highly illegal, you're likely never going to run into anything close to this in your lifetime, and your actual data or information about it is not something Proton would be able to provide to authorities.
Sure its bad, but all centralized places are possible targets to hostile actors. Use case for PM is to pay for the service so they don't sell it to advertisers
That's nonsense and a very uneducated take
They are opposite ends of a scale
Proton may not be a utopia but it's by far a better option than google
You're right. One gives up information to the state, while the other one merely . . . gives up information to the state.
It's worth reading some very important context provided directly from the Proton team. The only thing provided to the Swiss authorities (not the FBI, as the FBI has no direct jurisdiction or authority to force Proton to disclose anything) was the payment identifier on the card. This was directly requested by the Swiss government in relation to a request submitted to them by the FBI, so Proton has no choice but to provide it. The actual contents of the service are protected.
The real issue here lies with the protester using a traceable payment method. They have to collect and retain payment information for users with active subscriptions, and I would be shocked if there wasn't a law on Switzerland's books that requires the storage of payment information in the event an investigation or request like this comes up.
If people want to end their trust over this, that's their prerogative. Unless you're a terrorist, or someone plotting something highly illegal, you're likely never going to run into anything close to this in your lifetime, and your actual data or information about it is not something Proton would be able to provide to authorities.
That's unfortunate. It was nice to live in my bubble of delusion.
Yeah.
Sure its bad, but all centralized places are possible targets to hostile actors. Use case for PM is to pay for the service so they don't sell it to advertisers
well shit.