Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address
Disclaimer: I have a ProtonMail account that I pay for.<p>I have seen a ton of disturbing pieces about ProtonMail. Every time I&#x27;ve looked into them, they seem to be maliciously motivated and usually not true, or otherwise twisting of the truth. This has been a confusing thing for me because why is there a small subset of people so vehemently against them?<p>In this case, I&#x27;m not surprised. They say quite clearly they can be compelled to collect IP addresses - including in the linked tweet. This seems like a pretty clear cut case of them being compelled to provide an IP address. What the authorities can&#x27;t do, is read that person&#x27;s email. And that&#x27;s what I and others pay for.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what there is to be upset about here? Other than perhaps France prosecuting this individual to begin with? If we had faith that ProtonMail wouldn&#x27;t hand over anything to the government, why would anyone even care about having encrypted emails?