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Re:ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after ord... by geewee on Monday September 06, 2021 @03:12PM (#28436931)
That's a fair statement - I think it then comes down to: Can you by law in Switzerland order someone to serve malicious JavaScript, or only to e.g. deliver information you already have?
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Re:ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after ord... by southerntofu on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:20PM (#28437615)
In the present case, ProtonMail was compelled to backdoor its system to log an IP it did not log previously, so it's arguably closer to the former situation you presented.
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Re:ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after ord... by protonmail on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:00PM (#28438572)
No, this is not permitted in Switzerland.
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Re:ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after ord... by southerntofu on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:20AM (#28499703)
Thanks for the clarification, and for making your homepage much more honest in regards to your privacy policy.

May i ask what's the difference in regards to the law between being compelled to modify your systems to record an IP address (which i heard was the fact in this case) and to backdoor OpenPGPJS? From my technical perspective it sounds exactly the same, but i'm unfamiliar with swiss law.

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