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I was under the impression that only specifically protonMAIL logs your IP because of specific laws targeting mail providers while ProtonVPN is not required to.
https://protonvpn.com/support/no-logs-vpn/
" We don’t log which websites you visit We don’t log your traffic or the content of any communications We don’t log your IP address We don’t log your session lengths We don’t log or track any location-based information "
And that while the same applies by DEFAULT by all of their products
https://proton.me/legal/privacy
"2.5 IP logging: By default, we do not keep permanent IP logs in relation with your Account."
They can't definitively say they don't log IP as they are legally required to log AFTER a valid court order from the swiss government demanding them to log and release for a specific person/account in accordance with the swiss Criminal Procedure Code article 269 as ProtonMAIL is considered a telecommunications platform
https://www.swissrights.ch/gesetze/Artikel-269-StPO-2023-EN.php
"The public prosecutor may arrange for post and telecommunications to be monitored if: a. there is a strong suspicion that an offence listed in paragraph 2 has been committed; b. the seriousness of the offence justifies surveillance; and c. investigative activities carried out so far have been unsuccessful or the enquiries would otherwise have no prospect of success or be made unreasonably complicated."
If I'm wrong on this please correct me but this is my understanding and from the quick research I did to provide links and quotes it does still seems to be true to me.
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