Privacy giants are pushing back hard against the proposed Lawful Access Act

• Proton VPN has hit back at Canada’s proposed Bill C-22

• The proposed legislation could require VPNs to log user metadata

• NordVPN and Windscribe have also slammed the bill

  • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 hours ago

    Because proton not only accepts people on blacklists as deserving to be there with no way to appeal, despite you know, things

    You’re going to have to elaborate or rephrase this because I have no idea what you’re trying to say here

    they also removed like thousands of people that the US government said they were suspicious of they sent them a list and they suspended all their email accounts, no appeal nothing. Based on the word of the United States government, a famously untrustworthy source. I say that as United States citizen.

    No they didn’t.

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      22·
      2 hours ago

      First of all the second part was in the news just like 6 9 months ago, I might not have an entirely right but that’s generally what they did, they took the word off governments over people. Second of all I happen to know they accept blacklists as trustworthy, I know because someone who isn’t me is on one and they refused them an account.

      In truth they are Israel’s bitch. In short.

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 hour ago

        I might not have an entirely right but that’s generally what they did, they took the word off governments over people

        No they didn’t. Thats not “generally” what they did at all. You’re just spreading more misinformation that you admittedly aren’t even very confident about.

        Second of all I happen to know they accept blacklists as trustworthy, I know because someone who isn’t me is on one and they refused them an account.

        Do you have any proof of this? Or are you just going with “I heard from a guy”?

      • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        2 hours ago

        Is it this, or something else?

        https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/proton-mail-journalist-accounts-suspended/

        I’ve been following this on X/Twitter and I think one of the most egregious things that’s important to point out is that folks from Phrack reached out to Proton in private multiple times, and Proton ghosted them. Proton only engaged with them and then reinstated the accounts after Phrack went public and their X/Twitter post went viral. It also looks like one of the writers filed an appeal with Proton and Proton denied the appeal, so they manually investigated the incident and refused to reinstate the account and then only did after this got attention on X/Twitter.

        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45227316

        • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
          22·
          2 hours ago

          I do read The Intercept but that article is not what I’m talking about, there’s something else that was a lot worse than that that they did just last year. Someone who isn’t me signed up for an account and it’s totally legit and was denied because they’re on a blacklist because Israel and there was no way to like appeal on proton.