▲ 212 ▼ Swiss authorities intervene, Proton Mail not blocked in India (www.moneycontrol.com) submitted 2 years ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Onihikage@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago It's stored with zero-knowledge encryption, which means the server only receives enough information to authenticate the user, but otherwise has no ability to decrypt the user's files. Proton has an explainer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They basically can’t see/display any of the contents of your emails/calendars/etc. is the super short answer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) But if someone sent a threat using their platform all that is really required is the information who owns the account that sent it which is information that should still be available even with an end-to-end encrypted service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* We can debate all we want but clearly it’s enough of a hurdle that the Indian government tried to block Proton’s services entirely. Legal standards and what we consider “logical conclusions” aren’t always the same thing either so I imagine that’s where a lot of the nuance lies here. Without knowing exactly what happened I don’t think either of us can really parse this beyond what we now know about the Indian government’s efforts to block Proton’s services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onihikage@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago It's stored with zero-knowledge encryption, which means the server only receives enough information to authenticate the user, but otherwise has no ability to decrypt the user's files. Proton has an explainer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They basically can’t see/display any of the contents of your emails/calendars/etc. is the super short answer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) But if someone sent a threat using their platform all that is really required is the information who owns the account that sent it which is information that should still be available even with an end-to-end encrypted service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* We can debate all we want but clearly it’s enough of a hurdle that the Indian government tried to block Proton’s services entirely. Legal standards and what we consider “logical conclusions” aren’t always the same thing either so I imagine that’s where a lot of the nuance lies here. Without knowing exactly what happened I don’t think either of us can really parse this beyond what we now know about the Indian government’s efforts to block Proton’s services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) But if someone sent a threat using their platform all that is really required is the information who owns the account that sent it which is information that should still be available even with an end-to-end encrypted service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* We can debate all we want but clearly it’s enough of a hurdle that the Indian government tried to block Proton’s services entirely. Legal standards and what we consider “logical conclusions” aren’t always the same thing either so I imagine that’s where a lot of the nuance lies here. Without knowing exactly what happened I don’t think either of us can really parse this beyond what we now know about the Indian government’s efforts to block Proton’s services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* We can debate all we want but clearly it’s enough of a hurdle that the Indian government tried to block Proton’s services entirely. Legal standards and what we consider “logical conclusions” aren’t always the same thing either so I imagine that’s where a lot of the nuance lies here. Without knowing exactly what happened I don’t think either of us can really parse this beyond what we now know about the Indian government’s efforts to block Proton’s services. permalink fedilink source parent