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Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain (restoreprivacy.com)

submitted 6 months ago by RedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago (10 children)

What I am find curious about this is if a recovery email would have any weight in court. I can add whatever recovery email I want to an account. It doesn't have to be mine.

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I still find it fascinating that you can go to jail because there's an IP address in a log file somewhere or because of a screenshot of a messenger communication.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Any more so than, say, fingerprints, DNA, or accounting records?

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Definitely. I can just write a log file myself, change the creation date in the filesystem if I have to. There are websites that generate images of DM conversations on a myriad of platforms online. Manipulation of these artifacts is beyond trivial

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