# Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/proton-mail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/18191
**Category:** General
**Created:** 2024-05-07T06:10:16Z
**Posts:** 70
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## Post 38 by @jonah — 2024-05-09T23:13:56Z

To be completely fair, there are good arguments against Proton’s behavior here.

1. They don’t make it clear anywhere during the process to add a recovery email how that data is stored. It is not _unreasonable_ for a non-tech person to assume everything is encrypted at an encrypted email service, so Proton is not helping people make good opsec decisions.

2. Proton [uses dark patterns](https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah/112412744201757744) to get people to add a recovery email to their account. The statement they published after this story broke makes it sound like adding a recovery email is an exception to their “privacy by default,” when in fact they really push for having a recovery email to be the norm.

None of this changes anything about Proton’s service and how good it is, but all products can be improved.

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