Comment by 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...

2 comments

bramhaag

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.

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.

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.”