Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.

Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I wonder what the authorities could use the recovery email for? Did they gain access to the Protonmail through the recovery email?

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Recovery email was tied to Apple, so they asked Apple to private the data they needed. No email content was shared at any point from Proton.