> Seems reasonable to understand "no tracking or logging" to mean that in the event of a government demand to produce records, they could honestly reply that no records exist.

And they would. They don't keep those records. However, when a government agency shows up with a court order that states they have to cooperate and provide those records going forward they must comply.

> What's the point of bragging about "no tracking or logging" if you're just going to track and log like every other email provider if the government asks for it?

Again: a reasonable person would not assume that their email provider is a criminal enterprise that does not comply with the law.

>Seems reasonable to understand "no tracking or logging" to mean that in the event of a government demand to produce records, they could honestly reply that no records exist.

No one with the least understanding of the internet could suppose that Protonmail could not be forced to provide the IP address associated with a user's login, which I assume is what happened here.

They did promise that, though. One lie leads to infinite more.