A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
You can use a prepaid visa to buy account credits, or proton gift cards. They don’t support monero, which is really annoying, but it’s not the biggest hassle to convert from monero to bitcoin for a purchase.
Have you tried doing specifically that and/or do they claim you can do specifically that? I tried doing the same thing when making a Tuta account and it wouldn’t accept prepaid cards, though they do have a 3rd party source you can pay cash or Monero for gift card codes, giving true anonymity
but it’s not the biggest hassle to convert from monero to bitcoin for a purchase.
I think the issue is that Bitcoin hasn’t been anonymous for a few years now (unlike Monero).
Remove the period at the end of my link, most clients should automatically, but in hindsight not the best place to punctuate anyways.
Personally, no I have not tested it, however it should be the same as a regular debit card, which I know through testing that they accept, and a quick internet forum search says they do accept Visa gift cards.
If you generate a brand new wallet, convert your monero to bitcoin, and then pay Proton, there’s very little to trace back to you.
Sorry to reply to a two week old comment, this is their supported payments page: https://proton.me/support/payment-options.
You can use a prepaid visa to buy account credits, or proton gift cards. They don’t support monero, which is really annoying, but it’s not the biggest hassle to convert from monero to bitcoin for a purchase.
The link leads to an error 404.
Have you tried doing specifically that and/or do they claim you can do specifically that? I tried doing the same thing when making a Tuta account and it wouldn’t accept prepaid cards, though they do have a 3rd party source you can pay cash or Monero for gift card codes, giving true anonymity
I think the issue is that Bitcoin hasn’t been anonymous for a few years now (unlike Monero).
Remove the period at the end of my link, most clients should automatically, but in hindsight not the best place to punctuate anyways.
Personally, no I have not tested it, however it should be the same as a regular debit card, which I know through testing that they accept, and a quick internet forum search says they do accept Visa gift cards.
If you generate a brand new wallet, convert your monero to bitcoin, and then pay Proton, there’s very little to trace back to you.