Reminder that Proton is not "private". They have all the keys, and willingly operate in a jurisdiction where they bend over backwards for ridiculous court orders.
From their own transparency page:
Number of legal orders: 6,378
Contested orders: 407
Orders complied with: 5,971
They did this to expose protestors and people who upset the powers that be, rarely real criminals.
They could choose to operate in a country that respects rights and design their tech so that there's nothing valuable to hand over. This is what Mullvad did.
*Edit: HN has been overwhelmed with poor quality users and bots growing in the last few years. Same as reddit there are paid services used to manipulate voting. HN needs to migrate away from this in order for real discussions to return.
From their own transparency page:
Number of legal orders: 6,378
Contested orders: 407
Orders complied with: 5,971
They did this to expose protestors and people who upset the powers that be, rarely real criminals.
They could choose to operate in a country that respects rights and design their tech so that there's nothing valuable to hand over. This is what Mullvad did.
*Edit: HN has been overwhelmed with poor quality users and bots growing in the last few years. Same as reddit there are paid services used to manipulate voting. HN needs to migrate away from this in order for real discussions to return.