@alice I accidentally selected "blatant wealth signifiers". I blame being on a phone.

@sylvie Not saying the subpoena here is justified, but subpoenaing records is a normal part of the investigate process which can come before a person is charged. The article doesn't say when this occurred or why they weren't charged, and without more detail on the facts the subpoena was based on, its hard to say what the FBI knew when it issued it and what it learned afterwards afterwards.

The question here is what are the terms of the MLAT between the US and the Swiss government, and what rules the FBI and the Swiss government have for handling this.

I'm not familiar with the FBI's internal workings, and I know nothing about Swiss law or the details of the MLAT.
Edit: obviously that isn't the right section of the Justice Manual.

@proscience in what way am I wrong?
I might have misread the article; if I did, I can edit my post.

@NoMAD they can't not have payment information. They offer anonymouspayment options, and the free version doesn't require any PII at all.

@egonw ProtonMail isn't based out of the US. The government of the country it is based out of demanded this information, and provided it to the FBI under a MLAT.

@404mediaco It's not ProtonMail's fault; they have to follow the law.
If they just handed data over without being legally required to, that would be concerning, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

@libreoffice Glad to see more organizations and projects posting on the Fediverse.

I think 1.5K boosts and 2.3K favorites proves people actually do use Mastodon.