[peanut-walrus]

In this case an activist in the oppressive regime of...Spain?!

Opsec is hard and most activists in western countries don't take it seriously. It's not like we live in PRC or DPRK right?

Ironically, it is likely far harder for PRC or DPRK to get data from Proton than it is for Spanish police.

[TaylorAlexander]

> It's not like we live in PRC or DPRK right?

Right. Western governments are much, much better at mass covert surveillance.

> it is likely far harder for PRC or DPRK to get data from Proton than it is for Spanish police

You balk at the idea of a western government being oppressive while pointing out that our “secure” email services can be easily compromised by government action.

[alexey-salmin]

Well Spain probably never got over the Franco legacy.

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-d...

“Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption,” Spanish representatives said in the document.

[spookie]

Spain had to deal with homegrown terrorism not that long ago. Not excusing them, but it should be pointed out for more context.