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Proton Mail Shared User Information with the Police

Proton Mail Shared User Information with the Police

404 Media has a story about Proton Mail giving subscriber data to the Swiss government, who passed the information to the FBI.

It’s metadata—payment information related to a particular account—but still important knowledge. This sort of thing happens, even to privacy-centric companies like Proton Mail.

Tags: crime , de-anonymization , email , FBI , police , privacy , Switzerland

Posted on March 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM10 Comments