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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do keep in mind proton also runs a VPN he may have been running their VPN and they complied.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If he was using their VPN, they wouldn't have been able to turn that over according to their own site: https://protonvpn.com/features/no-logs-policy#:~:text=No%2Dlogs%20VPN,lengths%2C%20or%20location.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They do have technical capability to do so. I just thing that is stopping then is "our trust"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

They do have the capability to not have the data requested. If they are not required by law(and it seems they aren't), why store any data? They may have to provide data of the sessions that are active right now but it's unlikely.