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Countries have agreements between them, and Protonmail only complied to French requests when the French government did the right process in a Swiss court. In ot
by eloisant 3y ago
Countries have agreements between them, and Protonmail only complied to French requests when the French government did the right process in a Swiss court. In other words Protonmail had to comply to respect the Swiss law.
Not sure what happened with the US, but US is a bit special because they have extraterritorial laws (i.e. laws that apply everywhere in the world) and the means to enforce it. Because the USD is used as an international money, and the US position in the world, if the US wants to punish you they'll find a way even if you're based outside US.
- protonmail 3y agoThe US govt can also come to Swiss courts, which does happen from time to time. But again, there's no way to decrypt emails which are encrypted.