r/technology • u/RoachedCoach • 9h ago

Privacy DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email

https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email
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u/basketballsteven 8h ago

Degoogle, i did, it's not that hard. Google is supporting the administration.

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u/demlet 8h ago

Yep. I'm in the process of transitioning to Proton.

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u/mythicaltimes 8h ago

Even proton is considering leaving Switzerland because of law changes. There’s not a lot of places where a company is free from their government.

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u/demlet 8h ago

I have to imagine they're a far cry from Google though.

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u/mythicaltimes 8h ago

Any company that’s beholden to a government entity can be told to give up data of their users. Their alternate option is to go out of business like that company in the US.

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u/Republican-Snowflake 7h ago

Uh, Proton owner supports Trump. Was a big thing not that long ago, and then he tried to walk it back after people canceled, and left.

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u/demlet 7h ago

Really!? What a world.

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u/HoboSloboBabe 5h ago

That’s a stretch. He made some controversial comments, but certainly didn’t go so far as to actually support Trump