Proton was legally forced to record IPs for this account (as per the linked article). Theoretically that could happen to Signal just as well if the laws allow it in their jurisdiction. There was nothing in the article about message content or metadata being handed over to authorities.

As far as I know in France you can‘t have an anonymous phone number so technically using TOR and Proton Mail you can achieve a higher level of privacy than with Signal

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Huh wait does using Tor actually help with mail privacy in any way? I know Tor hides pretty much as much as can be hidden about the user, but for mailing, don't you need to give out your personal details to sign up regardless?

[–] TheFool@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not generally but since in this case they had to record and hand over the IPs used to access the Proton Mail account, if he had used TOR they couldn’t have handed over anything useful

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Aha got it

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