A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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    4 hours ago

    Paying with a credit card means there is a payment trail back to your identity there.

    Proton does allow you to pay with anonymous methods, a credit card is by no means required

    Poor OpSec for sure here.

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      3 hours ago

      You can buy a Visa card with cash from the grocery store. Or better yet, have someone in another state buy it and send it to you so if that card can be traced to a location, it’s not yours.

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      3 hours ago

      I see credit card, pay pal and Google pay? Which is anonymous?

      Edit I see, seems to be available after account creation, described on its payments page