• Dog@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    But didn’t proton give up some information to like the Finnish government or something like that a couple years back? Like I mean what they’re doing now is good, but what about that other thing that happened?

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      They follow Swiss law. The Swiss govt had a legal warrant and they only provided legally required informationafter that.

      It’s not anarchic. They still have to abide by the law of their jurisdiction.

    • The Uncanny Observer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      They gave up information to the Swiss government after they got a warrant, and due to the way Proton works, they were only able to give them the IP address so they could arrest the person, who was also Swiss. They didn’t compromise security, because they can’t.

      They don’t respond to demands from other governments, and the Swiss government haven’t cooperated with other governments either, so far as anyone knows. In the end, there isn’t really anything the Australian government can do to them if they refuse to create a backdoor for them.