> Proton Mail Shared User Information with the Police
[AUTHOR: Bruce Schneier]
[DATE: 20/03/2026 11:02]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
404 Media has a story about Proton Mail giving subscriber data to the Swiss government, who passed the information to the FBI.
It’s metadata—payment information related to a particular account—but still important knowledge. This sort of thing happens, even to privacy-centric companies like Proton Mail.