Privacy giants are pushing back hard against the proposed Lawful Access Act

• Proton VPN has hit back at Canada’s proposed Bill C-22

• The proposed legislation could require VPNs to log user metadata

• NordVPN and Windscribe have also slammed the bill

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
    33·
    1 day ago

    Is it this, or something else?

    https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/proton-mail-journalist-accounts-suspended/

    I’ve been following this on X/Twitter and I think one of the most egregious things that’s important to point out is that folks from Phrack reached out to Proton in private multiple times, and Proton ghosted them. Proton only engaged with them and then reinstated the accounts after Phrack went public and their X/Twitter post went viral. It also looks like one of the writers filed an appeal with Proton and Proton denied the appeal, so they manually investigated the incident and refused to reinstate the account and then only did after this got attention on X/Twitter.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45227316

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        You were trying to help out that other misinformation bot find the made up event he was talking about and you couldn’t. I downvoted it because that’s what you’re supposed to do with unhelpful information.

      • Photonic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        It’s just incredibly stupid and short-sighted.

        Edit: also, how are you tracking your downvotes? Serious question.

      • mabeledo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Because it’s dumb.

        Proton then stated that they “stand with journalists” but “cannot see the content of accounts and therefore cannot always know when anti-abuse measures may inadvertently affect legitimate activism.”

        Every legitimate email service has anti abuse policies in place. The alternative is letting the service be turned into a bot farming operation, or worse.

        Still waiting for your recommended alternatives.

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      33·
      1 day ago

      I do read The Intercept but that article is not what I’m talking about, there’s something else that was a lot worse than that that they did just last year. Someone who isn’t me signed up for an account and it’s totally legit and was denied because they’re on a blacklist because Israel and there was no way to like appeal on proton.

      • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        24 hours ago

        I’d love to see that article if you can find it. I’ll add it to a folder’s worth of bookmarks that is growing larger than it should.

        • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
          1·
          24 hours ago

          I was just saying my comment that while I do read that publication what I’m talking about is a direct experience of someone who is not me.