4w ago

Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court directed the Indian government to block Proton Mail, a popular email service known for its enhanced security, following a legal complaint filed by New Delhi-based M Moser Design Associates. The local firm alleged that its employees had received emails containing obscene and vulgar content sent via Proton Mail.

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4w ago

Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

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4w ago

Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

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After sending a message to abuse@proton.me, and/or filling in the proton abuse form, M Moser could have easily blocked proton.me on their own servers so they would not accept any messages anymore. Instead, they choose the hard way and managed to block proton also for all law-abiding Indian citizens with legitimate proton subscriptions. And it will not solve anything, the spammers will simply move on to other providers (see https://rigorousthemes.com/blog/best-protonmail-alternatives/)

They've been trying to block it since that bomb threat which I think turned out to be a hoax. Lots of terror threat hoaxes which I've been hearing about in the news. But banning proton because of some edgy idiots is dumb
- Like @itsame@lemmy.world said, you can block proton all you want, but the idiots will just move to a different provider.

How is this block supposed to work? Won't other email services still recieve emails from protonmail IDs even if the website/app is blocked across the nation?
- Hey man, you seem to be applying logic and reason. Don't, you'll only hurt yourself.
- I just received a tourist e-visa sent to my Protonmail account no problem, so clearly this block does not really work haha

I'm not familiar with India's legal system, but would this only affect Karnataka for now...?

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