From time to time, ProtonMail may receive requests for assistance from law enforcement authorities. As a strict general rule, ProtonMail only complies with legally binding orders that have been approved by Swiss authorities. Moreover, under article 271 of the Swiss Criminal Code, it is an offence to comply with foreign requests that have not been approved by the Swiss authorities. Therefore, ProtonMail only complies to two types of orders: (1) orders from the Swiss authorities and (2) foreign requests that have been duly instructed and validated by Swiss authorities through an international legal assistance procedure and determined to be in compliance with Swiss law.
ProtonMail is not required to store communications metadata or IP information, as we are exempted under the Swiss Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications (BÜPF) and its accompanying ordinance. Therefore, ProtonMail can apply a policy of collecting as little user information as possible to protect user privacy. T
I mean, that's about as good as you're getting on the internet. Not sure what more you want.
Who wouldn't hand over your data if court ordered? I don't know of any rogue "criminal" companies who are bold enough to openly defy court orders.
I prefer companies that refuse to release data until a court pries it out of their hands as opposed to dystopian nightmare communist ones that leak your data to "journalists" on a weekly basis without any need for courts to get involved.
The best and simplest defense against data being leaked is for that data to not exist. Don't hide incriminating data inside a protonmail account and then even if a court forces them to hand it over they'll get nothing of value. And of course never log in to protonmail with your real IP address.
yea i think thats key, not logging in with a real ip. i think another user recommended tor email service secmail.pro, that way you don't forget to login with a masked ip.
Even protonmail will hand over your data if court ordered: https://protonmail.com/blog/transparency-report/
Not sure what they mean by "Given our cryptography"
I mean, that's about as good as you're getting on the internet. Not sure what more you want.
No where in that quote does ProtonMail say they don't log your IP address
Who wouldn't hand over your data if court ordered? I don't know of any rogue "criminal" companies who are bold enough to openly defy court orders.
I prefer companies that refuse to release data until a court pries it out of their hands as opposed to dystopian nightmare communist ones that leak your data to "journalists" on a weekly basis without any need for courts to get involved.
The best and simplest defense against data being leaked is for that data to not exist. Don't hide incriminating data inside a protonmail account and then even if a court forces them to hand it over they'll get nothing of value. And of course never log in to protonmail with your real IP address.
yea i think thats key, not logging in with a real ip. i think another user recommended tor email service secmail.pro, that way you don't forget to login with a masked ip.
What other email option is there?
tor use with secmail.pro
Do I have to use this in the tor browser?
yep