"Not Even Government Agencies" - Proton's misleading marketing
5 hours ago
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- Proton markets itself as a Swiss company offering privacy outside US jurisdiction, but their infrastructure and legal documents tell a different story.
- Proton Meet uses LiveKit Cloud, a California-based service with US infrastructure (Oracle, AWS) that cooperates with US law enforcement, contradicting Proton's marketing about Swiss protection.
- Proton's Terms of Service include a two-tier jurisdiction: Swiss law for non-US users, but US federal arbitration for US consumers, which contradicts their claims of being outside US legal reach.
- Proton has complied with thousands of legal orders, including cases where data was shared with US authorities via Swiss courts, despite marketing that foreign subpoenas cannot touch them.
- The gap between Proton's privacy promises and actual infrastructure risks exposing users, especially journalists and activists, to metadata collection and identification without their knowledge.