PayPal freezes account of email encryption startup ProtonMail, even though the encryption used by ProtonMail has been unquestionably legal since the 1990s.

PayPal freezes account of email encryption startup ProtonMail, even though the encryption used by ProtonMail has been unquestionably legal since the 1990s. ( dailydot.com )

submitted 2014-07-01T16:26 by axolotl__peyotl

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pekingman 2014-07-02T07:33

Update: ProtonMail announced just before 11:30am ET that PayPal has restored its account.

Update 2: In an emailed statement sent to the Daily Dot, PayPal explained its reasons for freezing ProtonMail's account, says it was due to a "technical problem" with the way it handles accounts linked to crowdfunding sites:

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TomRiddle 2014-07-02T04:04

that's crazy

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