Spanish police tracks down member of Catalan independence movement using the account details facilitated by ProtonMail

According to Catalan press last month Spanish authorities sent a requirement to Swiss authorities to get the ProtonMail account details that a member of a Catalan independence organisation called "Democratic Tsunami" was using and ProtonMail facilitated Spanish authorities his account recovery email address, the requirement was done using anti terrorism laws despite "Democratic Tsunami" being only investigated for blocking roads, with the recovery address that ProtonMail facilitated Spanish police sent a second requirement to Apple asking them if they had …

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