Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester (www.404media.co)
from drascus@sh.itjust.works to privacy@lemmy.ml on 05 Mar 22:51
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56338685

What a complete idiot. You create a protest email account linked to your credit card?

#privacy

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7112@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 23:13 next collapse

I think the bigger issue is that the FBI was able to obtain the data.

Ghostie@lemmy.zip on 06 Mar 01:02 collapse

Unfortunately, the FBI can ask the Swiss govt to get that info and the Swiss govt can request it from Proton. Proton has to give info that the Swiss govt requests based on their laws, hence why it was payment info. It’s talked about in their privacy policy.

humorlessrepost@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 01:07 collapse

and they offer both crypto and literal envelopes full of cash as payment methods.

and they provide a guide for connecting to their onion service over tor.

This is just an issue of someone not understanding their threat model or the services offered.

Ghostie@lemmy.zip on 06 Mar 01:10 next collapse

This is true.

drascus@sh.itjust.works on 06 Mar 01:38 collapse

They have also said before too that they’re not trying to make like snowden level privacy or something. To plan on doing illegal stuff coordinating with an email account you paid for by credit card is really foolish.

Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Mar 23:32 next collapse

Are there uBlock filters to just remove the paywall from sites like this?

aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social on 05 Mar 23:46 next collapse

Not that I’m aware of, but you can always put archive.is in front of the url to get an archived copy that isn’t paywalled, like so: archive.is/…/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonym…

But also 404 media is great and you should subscribe to them.

Peffse@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 23:57 next collapse

I wouldn’t use archive.is anymore. They tampered with the captures.

arstechnica.com/…/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-af…

aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social on 06 Mar 00:17 collapse

Oof, yeah, I’ll switch off. It’s just easy to remember/convenient

drascus@sh.itjust.works on 06 Mar 01:40 next collapse

Came here to say the same. Just subscribe and you can read it for free. Such a great news org.

voxel@feddit.uk on 06 Mar 13:22 collapse

Google Captcha walled, amazing.

lennee@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 23:47 collapse

archive.is

ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works on 06 Mar 00:40 next collapse

What proton alternatives are recommended?

Innerworld@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 02:08 collapse

Proton’s response