Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
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Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
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Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#2I guess they will receive their next threat from a gmail account?
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#3I guess they will receive their next threat from a gmail account?
which is easier to trace presumably?
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#4Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#5Ban everything you cannot control / understand! That is the classic Indian bureaucracy reaction.
For example, They also banned tinted windows in cars after an assualt happened in a car. Then, there was a time where they banned something or the other on a daily basis.
Even right now there is Section 144 imposed in multiple cities - which means a "ban" on "unlawful assembly" of 5 or more people. 5 or more people in multiple cities which have a population of millions! Now, how do they enforce / check these "assemblies of people" depends on the people you ask. I have already spoken too much.
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
which is easier to trace presumably?
I suppose not by much if you create a new one or use somebody else’s data. I’m sure the proton one wasn’t also someone’s main email account.
But Google will usually provide logs/IP addresses (not content) to police without a warrant, which can be used to start tracking down the culprit. It isn't clear from the report if the Police got a warrant or even made a request to ProtonMail.
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#7I guess they will receive their next threat from a gmail account?
You're not thinking big enough. Next email should come from the Indian government's email.
Considering how tech aware they are, I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of indian gov email acounts with passwords like 1234...
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#8Ban everything you cannot control / understand! That is the classic Indian bureaucracy reaction. For example, They also banned tinted windows in cars after an assualt happened in a car. Then, there was a time where they banned something or the other on a daily basis. Even right now there is Section 144 imposed in multiple cities - which means a "ban" on "unlawful assembly" of 5 or more people. 5 or more people in mul…
It's not specifically Indian. Canada just banned Flipper Zero devices because the little radios can replay car key fob signals and older cars are susceptible to replay attacks.
Stupidity is everywhere.
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suppose not by much if you create a new one or use somebody else’s data. I’m sure the proton one wasn’t also someone’s main email account.
But Google will usually provide logs/IP addresses (not content) to police without a warrant, which can be used to start tracking down the culprit. It isn't clear from the report if the Police got a warrant or even made a request to ProtonMail.
Most do not just sign in to a compromised account and send and email from their laptop... It usually involves some level of obscurity. Im sure if they want to find out bad enough they will- but I would be surprised if this was sent by someone just sitting there.
Re: Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
#10Ban everything you cannot control / understand! That is the classic Indian bureaucracy reaction. For example, They also banned tinted windows in cars after an assualt happened in a car. Then, there was a time where they banned something or the other on a daily basis. Even right now there is Section 144 imposed in multiple cities - which means a "ban" on "unlawful assembly" of 5 or more people. 5 or more people in mul…
> Now, how do they enforce / check these "assemblies of people" depends on the people you ask.
I assume police officers enforce / check them when they need to fill their ticket quota, want to get money through a bribe, or just want to punish someone who personally annoyed them? That's how it usually works with half-enforced laws.
In every law, there should be a requirement that it either gets enforced equally, or it loses power.