Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by BobFromEnzyte on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @01:25AM (#40282629)

This is something that I never understood with their "oh you are safe in Switzerland" bs. If the court presents them w/ a warrant they have to comply. There is no magically safe data haven and it isn't honest to pretend that they are one.

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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by WhyNotHugo on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:14AM (#40283682)

Switzerland does have strict laws on the topic. Data requests are only honoured for cases which are a crime both under the foreign country's law and under Swiss law.

If you live in a country where homosexuality is illegal, and your local government is chasing you because of this, a Swiss company won't comply with data requests, and a Swiss judge has no reason to honour any data request.

If your local government is chasing you because of something that is recognised as a crime in Switzerland, then they will disclose data to foreign authorities.

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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by afroboy on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @06:30AM (#40284036)

Funny thing this is how Algeria try to get info from Facebook about dissidents and journalists they label them as terrorists and Facebook will comply.

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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by russum on Friday May 10, 2024 @06:12AM (#40317153)

Knowing this, couldn't the foreign country forge the case to look like something that's also illegal in Switzerland?

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