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Proton Mail Shared User Information with the Police

Schneier on Security [Unofficial] March 20, 2026
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404 Media has a story about Proton Mail giving subscriber data to the Swiss government, who passed the information to the FBI. It’s metadata—payment information related to a particular account—but still important knowledge. This sort of thing happens, even to privacy-centric companies like Proton Mail.

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