Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
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Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
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Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#2OK, ProtonMail only to be accessed via Tor now.
Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#3What are some good alternatives?
Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#4My understanding is that they will log you under specific law enforcement request. It’s very different from saying they automatically log everyone.
Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#5What are some good alternatives?
Don't do things that get you into trouble over email or use Tor / VPN.
Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#6My understanding is that they will log you under specific law enforcement request. It’s very different from saying they automatically log everyone.
Not really different, since it's binary.
The message used to be "we don't keep IP logs" and now it's the opposite.
Re: Protonmail now keeps IP Logs
#7It would be nice if we lived in a world where the Protonmails could not be compelled by law to keep IP logs for when their service is accessed by specific users, but at least they can not reveal the content of those specific users' email.
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#8My understanding is that they will log you under specific law enforcement request. It’s very different from saying they automatically log everyone.
In the discussion of their fulfilling the request, the data they provided was described as the IP during account creation. If that was accurate then it is a neat trick that law enforcement knew which accounts would eventually be of interest.
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#9What are some good alternatives?
https://fediverse.party/
Peer to peer services with encrypted communications are impossible to centrally control and monitor.
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#10What are some good alternatives?
None for email, unless you roll your own[0][1][2][3][4].
[0] https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy
[1] https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz
[2] https://github.com/iredmail/iRedMail