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Where this crosses into defamation is using the fact that Proton has a small office in Vilnius (representing <10% of total headcount) to imply, without proof, t
by protonmail 8y ago
Where this crosses into defamation is using the fact that Proton has a small office in Vilnius (representing <10% of total headcount) to imply, without proof, that Proton is part of some Lithuanian data mining conspiracy.
This defamation becomes willful when an attempt is made to spread this to the press and on social media, even after the story has been debunked.
The data-mining narrative is false, has been verified as false by third parties, and that's where we would like to leave things.
Unfortunately as this false narrative still comes up from time to time, we still need to comment on this from time to time. What we can do from now on, since it bothers you, is to leave PIA out of it when responding. However, that won't change the fact that many people are aware the allegations were first made by PIA. This last point is beyond our reasonable control.
- rasengan 8y agoIn combination with the fact that the Android App was signed by Tesonet, are you telling me that ME or OTHERS shouldn’t be concerned? Do you realize I was a protonmail user until I saw that shit? Also, I haven’t seen any verification that anything is false - Tesonets one website CONTINUES to say they conduct said activities. Finally, the allegations were made by Google Play and the Lithuanian Government. Stop blaming me for bad decisions you regret to this day. That being said, I would appreciate if you leave my name and PIAs name out. I’m happy to get on an encrypted phone call with you - like on jitsi - to talk things out. You have my contact since you sent me a cease and desist letter. This is not a VPN/pro internet thing to do by the way. I don’t dislike you - so stop thinking this is anything else other than me seeing some really scary stuff and pointing it out. If you saw that PIA’s app was signed by Tesonet wouldn’t you be like wtf?