Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 22 hours agoIndian court orders blocking of Proton Mailtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down10
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minus-squareshawn1122@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoBomb threats to local schools were also being sent via Proton. If they aren’t going to help deal with that then I can understand why turning them off and figuring out is the next best step. Other services likely engage with local authorities when illegal activity is pursued in their platform.
minus-squaredil [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoI’m not saying “yay, it’s morally good to send bomb threats.” Folks who care about privacy don’t want their email provider engaging with local authorities. when tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty “Illegal” is NOT immoral, and when laws are increasingly being passed by right-wing nutjobs, folks doing the right thing will be doing illegal things. women getting access to an abortion undocumented folks avoiding being sent to El Salvador trans folks getting healthcare Any platform has three options: Always comply with law enforcement, and give up vulnerable populations that are targeted by the government Never comply with law enforcement, and make law enforcement track down bomb threats some other way Sometimes comply with law enforcement, based on… what criteria? where’s the line? 3 is obviously the thing we’d like, but no company is going to open itself up to legal threats by doing it. This article shows that Proton Mail is falling into category 2. I think that category should exist to protect vulnerable populations.
Bomb threats to local schools were also being sent via Proton.
If they aren’t going to help deal with that then I can understand why turning them off and figuring out is the next best step.
Other services likely engage with local authorities when illegal activity is pursued in their platform.
I’m not saying “yay, it’s morally good to send bomb threats.”
Folks who care about privacy don’t want their email provider engaging with local authorities.
“Illegal” is NOT immoral, and when laws are increasingly being passed by right-wing nutjobs, folks doing the right thing will be doing illegal things.
Any platform has three options:
3 is obviously the thing we’d like, but no company is going to open itself up to legal threats by doing it.
This article shows that Proton Mail is falling into category 2. I think that category should exist to protect vulnerable populations.