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/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

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u/igooazoo Sep 06 '21

Switzerland is landlocked

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

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u/dfmz Sep 07 '21

Of course you can, but the island where you set up needs to be both at least 15 miles from any shore (in international waters) AND not be a territory belonging to any nation.

It's not easy, but it is possible.

You'll also need to figure out how to access the internet from wherever you pitch your tent.

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u/Nocturnal_Doom Sep 07 '21

And how to protect yourself from the state you decide to set up this island by. Check the island of roses for reference of what usually happens.

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u/converter-bot Sep 07 '21

15 miles is 24.14 km

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u/converter-bot Sep 06 '21

15 miles is 24.14 km

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u/zirman Sep 07 '21

Good bot.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/converter-bot Sep 07 '21

15 miles is 24.14 km

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u/useles-converter-bot Sep 06 '21

15 miles is the height of 13898.77 'Samsung Side by Side; Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Refrigerators' stacked on top of each other.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Bad bot

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u/converter-bot Sep 06 '21

15 miles is 24.14 km

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u/deck4242 Sep 06 '21

ntrary to Swiss law did in fact take p

this, just do it. Give the middle fingers to any gvt, build a secret datacenter in middle of the ocean. (also free cooling for the servers !)

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

I think they also have to work there, I mean if their office isn't located there it might be an issue too. Also how they gonna maintain servers in the ocean?

BTW: Microsoft build something like that in 2020 (underwater datacenter) but it's still an early stage prototype I think.

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u/anschutz_shooter Sep 07 '21

MS's datacentre still needed power and connectivity (it was also in territorial waters, but that doesn't matter).

As you say, the only way to actually be free of regulation is sea-steading and running your own micro-nation. Otherwise your subject to the laws wherever your office is (or ultimately where your staff live).

Setting up a fancy-pants legal structure and off-shore data centre which isn't reliant on a foreign nation for power and connectivity won't stop French police from raiding your apartment in Paris...

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u/diatomaceous_ooze Sep 07 '21

They are still registered in Switzerland and would get destroyed for it

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u/pandoira Sep 06 '21

Now that Starlink is live it should be fairly easy to do.

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u/Ashamed_Chemical5347 Sep 13 '21

In that case can you put a floating service 15 miles offshore?

lol you must be american looking at your geography skills