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aa1@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Introducing Dark Web Monitoring for credential leaks | Proton

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Introducing Dark Web Monitoring for credential leaks | Proton

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aa1@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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With Dark Web Monitoring, you can have Proton watch for data leaks, ensuring you can change the passwords to accounts affected by a breach.
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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    This is a pretty common service with credit monitoring. Any reason to expect this to be done better by proton?

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    How I see such services

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    Proton revealed information to the FBI without hesitation when they asked. I will not be using proton.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/08/08/protonmail-fbi-search-led-to-a-suspect-threatening-a-2020-election-official/?sh=39c25608235c

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      Yeah? Proton have always said they will comply with Swiss authorities for requests for metadata. Good luck finding any email provider that doesn’t comply with it’s home countries laws.

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      They can only reveal metadata since they keep everything encrypted, but that was enough to track down this person’s Proton recovery email address? That’s disconcerting.

      Trying to use a commercial privacy service to threaten election officials is definitely some dumb shit though, but I bet they could have avoided that outcome with some better opsec

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