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47 requests, zero answers — How Proton VPN keeps saying no to data demands

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Proton denied all 47 requests for user data this year, making it 458 rejected since 2019, not a single one fulfilled.

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    Every order sought to unmask a user behind a server IP and a timestamp, and Proton VPN says it holds no such data to give
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    • Voxel@feddit.org
      22 minutes

      FYI: Techradar earns affiliate comissions through ProtonVPN.

      • MonaySimpson@lemmy.ml
        2 hours

        I know this is vpn not email but seems to be some sort of PR.

        https://www.androidpolice.com/privacy-focused-proton-mail-handed-over-protester-data-to-police/

          • exu@feditown.comEnglish
            2 hours

            Mail and VPN have different legal requirements in Switzerland

          • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3 hours

            Honestly, I’m surprised it’s only 47 considering its user base and the fact that we’re already in July.

              • ProbablyUnwise@anarchist.nexusEnglish
                2 hours

                47 sounds low for a month, given the US governments aggressive push to identify and punish anyone who voices an opinion not approved by Trump and his cabinet.

                • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
                  1 hour

                  Maybe it’s unusual for any sort of authorities to advance a digital investigation to such a point where the would be able to definitively identify an IP address and a VPN provider.

                  • testaccount372920@piefed.zipEnglish
                    2 hours

                    I suppose they don’t receive many requests because it’s already known that the answer will be no.

                  • paf@jlai.lu
                    2 hours

                    Few more details here

                    https://proton.me/legal/transparency

                    • DJ Putler@lemmy.mlbot account
                      2 hours

                      Yes yes let’s train the public to wait for official confirmation of these things instead of using inductive reasoning based on past disclosures. That would be delightful for you wouldn’t it?

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