Published by Pallavi pandey
French climate activist arrested after reveal of IP Address
By- sanjana Tiwari
ProtonMail, a hosted email service with a focus on end-to-end encrypted communications, has been facing criticism after a police report showed that French authorities managed to obtain the IP address of a French activist who was using the online service. The company has communicated widely about the incident, stating that it doesn’t log IP addresses by default and it only complies with local regulation — in that case Swiss law. While ProtonMail dont cooperate with French authorities, French police sended a request to Swiss police via Europol to force the company to obtain the IP address of one of its users.
For the past year, a group of people have taken over a handful of commercial premises and apartments near Place Sainte Marthe in Paris. They want to fight against gentrification, real estate speculation, Airbnb and high-end restaurants. While it started as a local conflict, it quickly become a symbolic campaign. They attracted through newspaper headlines when they started occupying premises rented by Le Petit Cambodge — a restaurant that was targeted by the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.
*_IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE PROSECUTION WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE”*_
Because ProtonMail is based in Switzerland, it is not subject to French or EU requests. But the company is still subject to requests from Swiss courts, where French police were able to lodge their request with the help of Europol. After Swiss courts approved the order, ProtonMail began logging IP information on the account, which was subsequently handed over to French police, leading to the activist’s identification and arrest.
In a post it was titled ~*“Important clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist,* ”~ He shared concern over the prosecution, and gave further detail on the legal issues that had forced the company to provide the data proton CEO Andy Yen said.
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