[lozf]

As I recall they said similar things about their encrypted email service, giving the impression that there was nothing to share with Authorities. Then they gave up enough personal information to lead to the arrest of a French activist.

[cyberpunk]

Poor opsec there to be honest; I think they handed over the recovery email address he provided when he registered which was some gmail or something address which easily gave away his identity.

As far as I know they were not able to access any of the mail in his account.

[lozf]

Fair point, thanks.

[GTP]

It can also very well be that they got a court order to turn on logging only for that specific account. Better opsec would have likely prevented this.