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   Masahiro Ohkoshi (langmoks@toot.blue)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:18:41 JST Masahiro Ohkoshi

   もはや「邪悪さだけで出来上がったジャイアン」だな。

   https://jp.reuters.com/world/us/SQ3VLLRV4VN6BFOMBT4ZTYGH3A-2026-03-09/
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   Marcus Hutchins :verified: (malwaretech@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 12:08:33 JST Marcus Hutchins :verified:

   It feels like Proton are being intentionally misleading in their statements. They know that most of their customers aren't familiar with how legal process actually works, so are happy to spread half-truths.

   Under US law, a US law enforcement agency (LEA) typically has to apply for a subpoena or search warrant with a US court. The court is then responsible for deciding if the legal bar for search a request has been met, then either grants or denies it.

   The problem is, if a company has no real US footprint (no US corporate entity, offices, servers, etc.), then a US court typically doesn't have the jurisdiction to compel the company to hand over customer data (except in some rare circumstances). Even if the court approved the warrant anyway, it wouldn't really be legally binding.

   Which is why the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) exists. MLAT enables law enforcement agencies in one company to send requests for information to law enforcement agencies in another. Switzerland has such a treaty with the US. This means that the FBI can request that Swiss authorities hand over a Swiss company's data on their behalf.

   Any country requesting information held by a company in a foreign jurisdiction would typically do so via MLAT. Which means from Proton's perspective, the legal request would appear to originate from their local law enforcement, not the FBI. Which they clearly understand based on their Reddit post.

   Saying "we don't respond to legal requests from anywhere other than Swiss authorities" seems very intentionally worded to give the impression that the company does not cooperate with foreign law enforcement. But since it'd be the Swiss authorities handling any such requests, they'd have to comply, since as they admitted, they have to comply with local laws.

   There is, however, some useful (but more nuanced) information here:

   Firstly, MLAT requests are handled by local law enforcement according to local law. So if there is a difference between the law of the sending and recipient country, that might mean the MLAT request is denied. That probably doesn't mean much, because if you're on the FBI's radar, the chances are you did something that is also massively illegal in Switzerland too.

   Secondly, they are 100% correct in saying that no other service provider is going to do any better. They're all beholden to local laws, and the ones that think they're not tend to get their doors blown off by SWAT like CyberBunker did. The only exception is if the company resides in a country which does not cooperate with US law enforcement (which Proton does not).

   But the part that's extremely disingenuous is that the "we only respond to requests from the Swiss authorities". That statement is likely intended to imply they don't cooperate with law enforcement in any other countries, which is simply not true. Switzerland has MLAT agreements with over 30 counties.

   People really need to understand that no company is going to shield you from the FBI (or any reputable law enforcement agency). They'll use misleading statements to make it sounds like they don't cooperate with law enforcement, but they do. They have to.

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:18:35 JST botvolution

     in reply to

     @malwaretech

     " if you're on the FBI's radar, the chances are you did something that is also massively illegal in Switzerland "
     Or, you're someone who's upset Trump/Patel/Miller, maybe.

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   わきまえないナニカのぴっち 삧치 ∀🌻 (zpitschi@fedibird.com)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:17:29 JST わきまえないナニカのぴっち 삧치 ∀🌻

   特集ワイド：飯田哲也さんが斬る　「再エネたたき」のナラティブ　原発回帰は「敗戦」への道 | 毎日新聞 https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260309/dde/012/040/017000c
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   Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:16:35 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

   in reply to

   • cbrooklyn112

   @cbrooklyn112

   The Muslim "Why is everyone so afraid of us" outreach needs some retooling.

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     cbrooklyn112@mk.spook.social's status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:16:37 JST cbrooklyn112

     @PNS@noauthority.social almost blowed up

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   Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:15:03 JST Alexandre Oliva
   que barato! manda meus parabéns pro roteirista e diretor
   
   precisamos apresentar o peertube pra ele
   
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   Patrick C Miller :donor: (patrickcmiller@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:12:04 JST Patrick C Miller :donor:

   Robotics ethicist calls for stronger US guardrails as automation accelerates https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/03/robotics-ethicist-calls-stronger-us-guardrails-automation-accelerates/411942/
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   Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:11:40 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

   He appears to have thrown it in the path of pursuing police.
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   Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:10:12 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

   I was trying to figure out where his little bomb went and it's right there.
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   まめも (mamemomonga@momo.mame.moe)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:09:13 JST まめも

   • かき@GNUsocialJP

   モバイルバッテリで使えるバイクバッテリ充電器を見つけたので久しぶりにバイクのカバーをはずす。1年以上乗ってないと思う。エンジンはかからず。電圧確認したら7Vしかないし、充電開始ランプもつかない。充電器をつなげると一応13Vかかってるっぽいので、しばらく放置する。復活してもこのバッテリはもうダメだろう。とりあえず新しいバッテリ買うか。
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    Fila do bumbum guloso (mingueo@bolha.one)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:08:14 JST Fila do bumbum guloso

    Trancar o mestrado

    #GiriasParaSexo
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    Jesse 🇫🇷 (jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 17:36:26 JST Jesse 🇫🇷

    WHAT IS ANY OF THIS
    
    RE: https://mk.cpluspatch.com/notes/ajmhe1ekndgx000b

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      maido (maido@ville.sorcie.re)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:06:18 JST maido

      in reply to
      @jessew trivial
      Jesse 🇫🇷 likes this.
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    Elisabet Roselló (lisrosello@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:05:16 JST Elisabet Roselló

    Estoy leyendo estos días el libro de Complexity de Melanie Mitchell (misma autora que el libro titulado "Inteligencia Artificial). La verdad es que no creo que sea un libro divulgativo para personas sin ninguna formación en ciencia más formal (y creo que ni la autora es consciente)
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    がにょ✈️ (ganyo@hikoukidon.jp)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:05:09 JST がにょ✈️

    • かき@GNUsocialJP

    帰りますかね
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    Wiki :spinny_enby: (wiki@please-dominate.me)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:04:45 JST Wiki :spinny_enby:

    • [evil] lvl. 99 cute lesbian vampire catgirl

    instance successfully updated I think?
    thanks @ashten@woem.men

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      Jesse 🇫🇷 (jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:04:49 JST Jesse 🇫🇷

      in reply to

      @wiki@please-dominate.me WHAT
      
      NO WAY

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    Patrick C Miller :donor: (patrickcmiller@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:03:37 JST Patrick C Miller :donor:

    Australia and India deepen cyber cooperation to protect critical cable networks https://industrialcyber.co/news/australia-and-india-deepen-cyber-cooperation-to-protect-critical-cable-networks/
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    Nietzschean Ekko Enjoyer (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:03:10 JST Nietzschean Ekko Enjoyer

    • small, versatile 6DoF c++ witch *ada

    @ada
    Absolutely reeks of malicious compliance and I can imagine the Teams call that led to this right now
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    がにょ✈️ (ganyo@hikoukidon.jp)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:03:09 JST がにょ✈️

    • かき@GNUsocialJP

    Jet A-1の備蓄ってどんなもんでしょうね
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    Otras Italias (otrasitalias@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:02:52 JST Otras Italias

    • El Salto Diario

    Los viajes de Bannon a Italia para crear un movimiento «soberanista». Los juegos de Epstein, entre abusos, supremacismo y especulación. Trump y una de sus muletas: la fantasía de la conspiración pedosatanista de QAnon.

    Traducimos para @ElSaltoDiario un reportaje de Wu Ming 1.
    https://shorturl.at/lqn7Q
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    Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 17:57:48 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

    Mom Fights Police While Her 8-Year-Old Watches - YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEws2ZDgQCM

    It seems to me that PTSD victims are coached into staying inside whatever pain or recollection triggers them.

    Almost to a man, ANYONE with PTSD spends the rest of their life reliving it and telling everyone about it to explain why they are poorly behaved.

    You never hear "I USED to have PTSD."

    No, they're always live and direct in the shit.

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      Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:02:18 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

      in reply to

      PTSD is her entire personality now.

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    Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Monday, 09-Mar-2026 18:02:06 JST Alexandre Oliva
    sabia que a casca do kiwi é comestível?
    
    eu nunca tinha provado.
    
    outro dia a netinha falou pra vovó que tinha comido com o vovô.
    
    deve ter confundido com alguma outra fruta, porque eu sempre incentivo a comer as cascas comestíveis das frutas orgânicas, pois são normalmente muito mais nutritivas que a polpa.
    
    mas de kiwi eu nunca tinha imaginado que pudesse comer.
    
    a vovó se apavorou, buscou informação e acabou descobrindo que é comestível, sim.
    
    aí a netinha comeu, gostou, e depois, quando fiquei sabendo, eu também comi e gostei.
    
    a textura é meio... bom... é casca de kiwi, meio peludinha, mas fica gostoso, reduz o lixo e evita o desperdício e o trabalho desnecessário de descascar; recomendo!