The privacy-focused email service 'ProtonMail' disclosed the user's IP address to the authorities, and it was criticized as a hype.
It was revealed that
France / Suisse / Sécurité IT: Protonmail a communiqué à la police l'adresse IP de militant · es anti-gentrification
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Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address: ProtonMail
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pil6xi/climate_activist_arrested_after_protonmail/hbqha63/
Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address | Hacker News
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ProtonMail is a mail service operated in Switzerland that protects the privacy of users so that even the operator cannot view the contents of the mail by encrypting it when it is sent to the server. You can check the detailed service contents and actual usage of ProtonMail in the following articles.
I tried using 'ProtonMail', which protects privacy so much that it can not be compared with Gmail --GIGAZINE
The official website of ProtonMail states that it does not store IP addresses in order to protect the privacy of users. However, on May 9, 2021, the news was reported that 'Swiss police asked ProtonMail to disclose the IP address of the suspect who was exchanging information using ProtonMail, and ProtonMail accepted it.'
In response to this report, Twitter stated that 'ProtonMail must certainly comply with Swiss law and respond to IP address disclosure requests, but ProtonMail's official website does not store the user's IP address. 'Masu', an opinion was posted on the official website that ProtonMail made a false statement.
Now, of course Protonmail has to comply with Swiss law, but is that what you mean by 'No personal information is required to create your secure email account. By default, we do not keep any IP logs which can be linked to your anonymous email account. Your privacy comes first. '
— Etienne --Tek (@tenacioustek) September 5, 2021
In response to this opinion, ProtonMail posted an explanation comment on Reddit. In a comment, ProtonMail said, 'Swiss law may force you to disclose your information,' and although it does not normally store its IP address, if requested by the Swiss authorities. We acknowledge that we may disclose your IP address after storing it. ProtonMail also protects user privacy by publishing a transparency report on disclosure since 2015 and rejecting disclosure requests from more than 700 authorities on behalf of users in 2020 alone. It emphasizes that we are working hard to do so.
In addition, ProtonMail claims that even if the IP address is disclosed, the contents of the email are encrypted and cannot be viewed by anyone other than the sender and receiver. In addition, ProtonMail also offers a service that can only be accessed via the anonymous communication system 'Tor ', which also contributes to strengthening privacy protection.
ProtonMail releases Tor version to protect users from government email censorship-GIGAZINE
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Regarding the fact that ProtonMail disclosed the IP address at the request of the Swiss authorities, the social news site Hacker News stated that 'ProtonMail does not store the IP address' on the official website, the Swiss authorities requested. It should include the content of saving the IP address if there is any. '' ProtonMail is endangering users such as Afghanistan journalists, Chinese human rights activists, and American whistleblowers with hype. ' increase.
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