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Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain | Privacy by default isn't exactly the same as anonymity by default, it turns out


Proton Mail recently came under scrutiny for providing Spanish authorities with enough data to identify and arrest a member of the Catalan independence organization Democratic Tsunami. The...

Proton Mail recently came under scrutiny for providing Spanish authorities with enough data to identify and arrest a member of the Catalan independence organization Democratic Tsunami. Proton Mail clarified that while email content is encrypted, the company is obligated to comply with lawful access requests for any data passing through its servers in criminal prosecution cases. In the recent case involving the Spanish police, Proton was seemingly compelled to provide the Apple recovery email address used by a client known as "Xuxo Rondinaire."

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