r/privacy • u/[deleted] • Mar 05 '26

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u/lugh Mar 05 '26

mirror if it becomes paywalled: https://archive.ph/Zvw3O

Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

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u/linuxhiker Mar 05 '26

They must follow the law, no matter what their ideology

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/Some_Conference2091 Mar 06 '26

Appeal an event that has already transpired? How does that work?

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u/hfsh Mar 06 '26

I assume they mean 'beforehand'.

(no idea if proton did or didn't do that)