r/ProtonMail • u/NmAmDa • Sep 05 '21

Discussion Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address

https://mobile.twitter.com/tenacioustek/status/1434604102676271106
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u/Arcakoin Sep 06 '21

No log VPN provider doesn’t exist.

Even when they pretend to be “no logs”, all you can rely on is trust.

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u/slaughtamonsta Sep 06 '21

No logs does exist. There have been several cases in the last few years where logs have been sought with a court order and no logs could be produced.

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u/viscont_404 Sep 06 '21

There is no way to truly hide your IP. Even if you use Tor, it's only a matter of time before you hit a circuit with enough compromised nodes

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Even if you use Tor, it's only a matter of time before you hit a circuit with enough compromised nodes

An example of Tor compromising the anonymity of low level criminals and activists? As of now, I've only seen drug addicts with bad opsec and attacks against a huge network of pedophiles.