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arashi

@drq @protonmail @rf would you really expect them to choose prison over this?

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@arashi I'd expect people to not make false advertisement in the first place.

But, y'know, that's just me. Companies lie all the time.

@protonmail @rf

arashi

@drq @protonmail @rf the thing is they didn't. They specifically provide an onion address and a VPN service (which legally protects your IP). If you can't be bothered to do a 5 minute research on how to protect your privacy then you're just fucking yourself over. There's no excuse for ignorance.

arashi

@drq @protonmail @rf yeah, the person didn't use the tools that were provided to them to protect their privacy. Had they used Tor or VPN, their IP address would've been safe. This has been well understood for decades now. You can't blame others for one's stupidity.

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@arashi If you blame a person for trusting, I'd seriously suggest you fix your heart before sharing a table with anybody else.

@protonmail @rf

arashi

@drq @protonmail @rf trusting? They did not use the tools. It's like blaming the doctor for patient's death, because the patient didn't take the prescribed medicine. There are limits to what you can do for other people. If they don't follow the established practices, no one else can do that for them.

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@arashi Yes. Trusting.

There _was_ a "we don't log your IP" claim on @protonmail's site.

> There are limits to what you can do for other people

Yeah. "Don't actively deceive them and then rat them out" is perfectly within those boundaries.

@rf

arashi

@drq @protonmail @rf they generally don't. The government came and forced them to start logging IP addresses for a *very specific account* and put a gag order on top of that. What would you have done in their place?

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@arashi I would have provided some examples of people "just doing despicabe things because that's what they are forced to", but I'm sure you'd find them yourself, rather quickly.

These things don't matter. What matters is, an activist, (a human being, let's start with this), got arrrested for being a minor inconvenience to the Big Money. And @protonmail played a role and did their bidding, forced or not.

This incident has destroyed any and all trust in Protonmail. From now on, where's ANY guarantee that this is an isolated case? Where's ANY guarantee that their VPN is also not being monitored for *very specific accounts*?

That's a rhetorical, by the way. I don't expect an answer.

@rf

@arashi I would have provided some examples of people "just doing despicabe things because that's what they are forced to", but I'm sure you'd find them yourself, rather quickly.

These things don't matter. What matters is, an activist, (a human being, let's start with this), got arrrested for being a minor inconvenience to the Big Money. And @protonmail played a role and did their bidding, forced or not.

arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @protonmail @rf there's no guarantee for anything ever, the VPN vs email IP privacy is dictated by the Swiss law not by ProtonMail. It's a very nuanced case from which we can learn a lot how to protect ourselves better from the state actors, yet people choose to dumb this down to unbearable levels and just complain instead of improving things. Good luck with that strategy.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to arashi

@arashi Complain? Who's complaining?

Not me. I'm taking a piss on someone who overpromised and underdelivered and, as a consequence, played an active role in ruining a person's life.

Simple.

@protonmail @rf

arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @protonmail @rf I was referring to the general sentiment around this case, not necessarily your particular comment. I'm just tired of everyone attacking everyone else at an extremely shallow level while contributing absolutely nothing to improve the available tools or public knowledge.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to arashi

@arashi And, besides. Expecting every person to be a CompSci InfoSec Pro Ultra Giga Mega DeepWeb DarkNet Ass 1337 H4x0rs is already a losing proposition.

@protonmail @rf

arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @protonmail @rf come on, my tech-awkward barber understands how to protect his IP address better than this... It's not rocket science. And if you don't take the necessary steps to protect your freedom, you cannot expect anybody else to do that for you.

Шуро
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi >There _was_ a "we don't log your IP" claim

And did they log users IP addresses before?

If they did it would be false. If they didn't then their claim would be true until someone forced them to break it so they removed it.

Doesn't seem to be a big deal to me. People just have too much expectations.
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi >There _was_ a "we don't log your IP" claim

And did they log users IP addresses before?

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@shuro Oh. "Your honor, I didn't kill people AT THE TIME... So... Case closed, I'm free to go, right?"

Very weak tea.

@protonmail @rf @arashi

arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @shuro @protonmail @rf except that in their case "your honor" is actually the person who signed the warrant to make you do it

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to arashi

@arashi No, in this case "your honor" is general public.

@shuro @protonmail @rf

Шуро replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi General public is the public that allowed these laws to exist in the first place.

So yes, basically it is the same "Your Honor".
arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @shuro @protonmail @rf oh I wish it was general public who mattered. But it isn't. It's the actual "your honor" that matters. Companies will always listen to the government before they listen to us and there's absolutely nothing we can do about it.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to arashi

@arashi No, the "I didn't do despicable things at the time" argument IS the laughing matter.

@shuro @protonmail @rf

arashi replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @shuro @protonmail @rf ok this is getting a bit far from the original issue. I guess we said what we had to say on this matter. Draw your own conclusions and adjust your future choices accordingly. Hopefully it'll benefit you. Peace ✌️

Шуро replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi Let's try it another way.

You are Protonmail. You do not collect logs and say so.

Your government comes and says you have to collect data on these accounts, here's the law and the court order.

What will you do?
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi Let's try it another way.

You are Protonmail. You do not collect logs and say so.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to Шуро

@shuro Tell everybody that I failed in my mission, that I can't be trusted and liquidate the company.

@protonmail @rf @arashi

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@shuro Or at the very least dropped the "praivasee" moniker forever.

@protonmail @rf @arashi

Шуро replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi Are you sure it is the best outcome for general public?

One less protected mail service (Tutanota would also go in 2020), sudden disruption of communication for many, probably having your equipment seized.
Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to Шуро

@shuro Protected from what? From leaking your data to third party, I assume. Turns out, they aren't.

@protonmail @rf @arashi

Шуро replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌
@drq @protonmail @rf @arashi They still provide e2e encryption working out of the box.

Very few email providers offer it.
Dr. Quadragon ❌

@protonmail You can say practically anything after this point.

Groosha

@drq имхо, зря ты так. Это разумный компромисс, чтобы оставаться в правовом поле (нормальном швейцарском, а не как у некоторых), и отстаивать права своих юзеров

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@groosha Ну так может изначально не надо было заявлять, что "мы не записываем ваши IP-адреса, поэтому ни у кого нет возможности вас отследить"?

Вот, оказалось, что очень даже записывают. А что еще из их маркетинга чушь собачья?

И это ведь не первый случай.

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