• chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          3 days ago

          The last thing I witnessed is them leaving Mastodon in shame after promoting the republican party.

          Before that a couple of incidents where they gave law enforcement information on activists.

          Idk if it’s actually a crypto ag situation.

          I guess none of this actually makes them a worse choice than Google.

          • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            At least one of the law enforcement events was that they provided the recovery email address linked to the Proton account, which is not encrypted information and they were legally forced to give, then the authorities used that to get access to the other email account and bust them.

            As far as I know, nobody has ever had their Proton emails accessed.

            The CEO is a bit of a liberal/libertarian tech bro who sucks up to whoever they feel would be best for their business, including Republicans. And Proton itself does stuff like operating a VPN out of Hong Kong to promote “democracy” and whatever.