• Venia Silente@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    They could host themselves in a different place with better privacy laws. I’ve always wondered why, for example, don’t privacy services establish themselves in international waters or in micronations such as Sealand.

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      6 months ago

      Because Proton is part of CERN and the privacy laws in Switzerland are very strict. They just have to hand over stuff for very certain cases, terrorism and treason being such cases.

      • Venia Silente@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        , terrorism and treason being such cases.

        but “muh terrorism” is such a wildcard that it can be (and is) used to excuse anything, so that’s pretty much the same as saying that Proton does not offer any guarantee at all.