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Comment by alephnerd

1 day ago

They should add Secure Drop support [0] - it's what Bloomberg, NYT, Washington Post, Politico, NOYB, etc use for anonymous tips.

Email runs the risk of de-anonymization, as most people don't know about Proton, and this very much falls close to whistleblowing.

Also, anyone who seriously wishes to say anything should probably NOT respond via IG or even follow the page. If you are whistleblowing, maintaining anonymity is critical.

[0] - https://github.com/freedomofpress

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bramhaag  1 day ago

> Email runs the risk of de-anonymization, as most people don't know about Proton

Proton is not perfect. They have surrendered recovery email addresses to law enforcement [1] and endorse Republicans through their official social media accounts [2].

[1] https://protos.com/protonmail-hands-info-to-government-but-s...

[2] https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-tru...

  • ozzyanirim  5 hours ago

    That is not factually correct. For 1, Proton had to comply with a Swiss court order in the case of the French terror suspect. The user could have avoided having a recovery address in Proton, especially not an Apple one. Apple is the company who led to their arrest.

    Read more here: https://proton.me/blog/climate-activist-arrest

    For the 2 point, again Proton didn't endorse Republicans on official social media accounts. Their CEO agreed with the anti-trust nomination Gail Slater on his personal X account.

    Also read more here: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-tr...

    Imho you're just spreading FUD. Single source support is not the real truth.

    • bramhaag  5 hours ago

      Next time, it is worth disclosing that you work for Proton's PR department.

      > Proton had to comply with a Swiss court order

      I agree this isn't Proton's fault, but that does not change the fact that it happened and lead to an arrest. It is difficult to make a Proton account anonymously without providing a recovery email (it seems they use this as an anti-spam measure when you're using a VPN or Tor), so imo this is an important point.

      > Proton didn't endorse Republicans on official social media accounts.

        Proton’s official Reddit account posted a now-deleted comment stating that “Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.”