Proton did hand over the account info for a French activist. However, they were ordered by both a French court and a Swiss court to do it and they did. An FBI request is just that, a request and it is on Proton to respond. If they do it their business is finished so it is wait & see.
OTOH... if you were the Feebs and wanted to slow down or stop new users from using an encrypted email service and maybe old users too, you might make a big show of asking for account info on a big group of people. Even though it is unlikely you'll get it but it will still be reported on like you will...
FInally, if you use Proton, do not make interesting subject titles. That part is not encrypted and AFAIK the only thing that is, is the body of the email. And they only way that can be viewed is if you have the password to access it.
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Proton did hand over the account info for a French activist. However, they were ordered by both a French court and a Swiss court to do it and they did. An FBI request is just that, a request and it is on Proton to respond. If they do it their business is finished so it is wait & see.
OTOH... if you were the Feebs and wanted to slow down or stop new users from using an encrypted email service and maybe old users too, you might make a big show of asking for account info on a big group of people. Even though it is unlikely you'll get it but it will still be reported on like you will...
FInally, if you use Proton, do not make interesting subject titles. That part is not encrypted and AFAIK the only thing that is, is the body of the email. And they only way that can be viewed is if you have the password to access it.
Great points
Proton runs. A great shop and does also allow Envrypted email in that the FBI would still need PGP pass to see the content.
If you don’t have that enabled good idea now.
Outside of that always use PGP at least with emails.
Encryption won’t stop them but it slows them down. I mean if I have a choice to shit in their bed I am doing it.
Use it while you have it yanno.