[lkdfjlkdfjlg]

> Proton Mail is in the title because it's where they went first, but the actual identification (real name, phone number etc.) seems to come from Apple on request for info related to the address.

Irrelevant to the point. Proton Mail provided authorities with user data.

[pc86]

Please quote from the linked article where it says that (it doesn't).

[EclipseMantis]

Are you sure?

> The core of the controversy stems from Proton Mail providing the Spanish police with the recovery email address associated with the Proton Mail account of an individual using the pseudonym ‘Xuxo Rondinaire.’

[obelus]

The recovery email is optional, the rest of the information was provided by Apple.

[lkdfjlkdfjlg]

No one is talking about the optionality of the information.

We're saying that Proton Mail provided the authorities with user data, which it did.