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I can understand this in the specific context of Russia, but I honestly don't understand this as a general principle. Allowing the police to convince a judge t
by noelsusman 7y ago
I can understand this in the specific context of Russia, but I honestly don't understand this as a general principle. Allowing the police to convince a judge to issue a warrant for information on a few ProtonMail users doesn't expose 99.9% of other ProtonMail users to anything. Why would a warrant to kick somebody's door down be okay while a warrant for this is not? Are you opposed to all types of police warrants?
There is a balance between privacy and catching bad guys, but I often get the sense that much of this community believes the police should never be able to invade somebody's privacy even if they have evidence that person committed a crime. That doesn't seem like a sensible balance to me, and it's an extreme position to take. Am I misunderstanding?
- slenk 7y agoThe most important point - The owners of ProtonMail cannot decrypt the email of their customers. Second, a warrant for breaking into physical property in their jurisdiction is very different than digital property on servers in a different country. For one, Russia's judges have no authority there.