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ProtonMail Complied with 5,957 Data Requests in 2022 - Still Secure and Private?
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Protonmail is basically a honey pot. I lost all trust the moment they gave the French government a protestor's location. Why the hell is it complying to foreign government requests?
They have to, because they had the data they have to obey lawful requests.
But the fault is still theirs. They architected a system where they have access to data that will endanger people. They deliberately disincentivize signing up via the onion network. They require two-factor verification of identity for most signups. They're deliberately making sure they have the data to expose people.
If they truly cared they would have architectured a system that was as close to zero knowledge as possible. Were they insured they never had access to personal data. I.e. Tor sign ups possible, let people pay with Monero, never require identity verification.