Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data to Swiss authorities, which the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account linked to the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to court records unsealed by the FBI. published by 404 Media.
The files provide insight into the type of data provided by Proton Mail, which prides itself on both end-to-end encryption and being governed only by Swiss privacy laws, but it appears it may also provide data to third parties.
In this case, the Proton Mail account was linked to the group Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTAF) and the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, which authorities were investigating for their connection to arson, vandalism, and doxing.
In general, the group members were protesting the construction of a large police training center next to Intrenchment Creek Park in Atlanta, and their actions included camping in the woods.
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