84 sats \ 8 replies \ @Signal312 7 May \ on: Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain privacy
Here's some of the privacy recommendations from the article for when using proton mail:
For users concerned about privacy, particularly those involved in sensitive or political activities, OPSEC should be a top concern when using privacy tools. It’s advisable to:
- Avoid linking recovery emails or phone numbers that can directly tie back to personal identities or primary business activities.
- Consider using secondary, disposable emails or virtual phone numbers that offer an additional layer of anonymity.
- Use a good VPN service to hide your IP address whenever possible. (Failure to do this is what compromised a Proton Mail user in France who was arrested after after police obtained IP logs.)
- Consider purchasing services using an anonymous payment method.
- Stay informed about the legal obligations and policies of communication service providers, especially regarding their compliance with international law enforcement requests.
good advice.
it's very easy to sign up to protonmail using a burner email from, say, guerrillamail.
unfortunately all email providers are honeypots and will eventually be compromised, so best bet really is to partition your accounts in such a way that dubious activities are not linked to anything that could reveal your identity... i.e. keep the email you use for amazon away from anything "important".
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