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		upbeat_general on Sept 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provide... It’s certainly possible that they store IP addresses. Even if they don’t, as long as they have the email address then they can probably find the mail server even if the payment is anonymous.

ta988 on Sept 5, 2021 | [–]

They absolutely keep who used which IP at what time. And they do not allow anonymous purchases.

blacklion on Sept 6, 2021 | [–]

Find mail server itself — sure. Find all clients which submitted mail through it in the past — I'm in doubt.

Anonymous/protected enough payment is the problem.

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