• tekato@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    They do store it and have provided it to authorities in the past. In their defense, modern laws require you to hand over any data you have or get shut down. But they already knew that, yet choose to ask for it anyways knowing that they have to give it away if asked to.

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      1 month ago

      As far as I understand it, this is only recovery emails and I think it explicitly has some sort of warning about this when setting it. This is different than the email prompt on sign up.

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        1 month ago

        I didn’t even know it asked for an email for sign up. I just remember the recovery email.

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        1 month ago

        I wouldn’t trust them not to store the initial one as well tbh. Nothing technically stops that and it’s in their interests.

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          They don’t ask for one on signup. I just signed up recently while using Tor on Tails, and was not required to provide an email for any reason. The only thing that happens is you get a warning in the account panel saying you won’t be able to recover your account if you lose the recovery codes.

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      1 month ago

      They provided it to Swiss authorities, with a notice that it happened to their customers. They do not have any requirement to share it with other governments.