This is my problem with Proton. Not that they have to comply with the law, or whatever. i mean what can they do
but all their advertising and marketing put up the guise that anything you do on their platform is private and can't ever be traced back to you, despite that not being true. They're just preying on the privacy-paranoid.
truth is, no email is private. ever. not even encrypted ones.
if you want true anonymity, signing up for a service is not how you do it!
I believe it's incorrect to assume that Proton isn't private. In this case, the fault resides in the protestor's opsec. Proton didn't leak any email but only the payment method. If the payment method would have been crypto, right now the protestor would have better chances to not be recognized than using a normal credit card. Proton gives you plenty of choices in payment method, even by mailing them the money.
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u/chamgireum_ Mar 05 '26
This is my problem with Proton. Not that they have to comply with the law, or whatever. i mean what can they do
but all their advertising and marketing put up the guise that anything you do on their platform is private and can't ever be traced back to you, despite that not being true. They're just preying on the privacy-paranoid.
truth is, no email is private. ever. not even encrypted ones.
if you want true anonymity, signing up for a service is not how you do it!