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by pc86 771 days ago
Please quote from the linked article where it says that (it doesn't).
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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.’

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