Promises were never false. They did not track ip and they don’t. They had to start for that specific user after the order…

That’s the definition of a false promise.

Here is a link to watch it: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g8x54

Cmon… It’s a sentence linked to the next one. They are not using that as a way to justify anything, they just explained…

This is precisely the reason why I used both quotes. For me, their “explanation” is pure nonsense. Even more so due to their claim latter on in this same text, saying that:

we are activists, too.

On your question on which email provider I’m using, I could say that my activity does not demand precautions like VPN but there are some providers that I don’t use. Proton is one of them, because they promised to users and delivered for police. And what did they have to say on their promises?

We will be making updates to our website to better clarify Proton Mail’s obligations in cases of criminal prosecution and we apologize if this was not clear.

This sounds to me like “sorry for making false promises, we just wanted our statement to sound cool enough to convince you to use our services”.

it sounds like they had their hand forced

This is how they try to portray it after their choice to comply. Fully.

They also said in the clarification thingy:

The identity and location of the activist was already known to the French authorities…

It’s only by them I heard this claim. Proton gave the IP address, person got arrested is the story I know and it’s the one presented in the euronews article.

…(they had already been evicted once before for squatting, and the nature of squatting means that their location is known).

What a weird statement to make to justify giving up an IP address. Actually, I find it weird in all contexts.

So sure you do you. I totally don’t trust them.

After learning about this:

Encrypted email provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism from users after it gave a French climate activist’s IP information to French police, who subsequently arrested them.

I just started looking for any other option of secure email service provider.

…and yet I can’t articulate how.

It looks like we’re on the same boat! Btw, I’m in this community because I like conversations in good faith and it looks like people participating here have these tendencies. In a way I need these interactions to expand the way I think, in order to hopefully participate in practical solutions.

we need governments to lay the foundation to make clean profitable

It seems to me this is what Big Money wants us to believe. This is the narrative of neolibelism. I think governments need to lay the foundation for companies to become sustainable, not profitable.

But I don’t know how this systemic change can take place, since Big Money have abducted governments worldwide. I’m not suggesting not to vote in elections. Just saying that voting doesn’t seem to put in power politicians that work for the people.

And your edit was so sweet, I can’t get over it. Thank you.

You were right to mention

Ignore the fact that Tesla are involved.

I have to admit it’s very hard for me to do so. It’s a company that tries to portrait itself like it cares about the environment. This collaboration is clearly towards this direction.

On the other hand we have this article (and many more):

Tesla wants net-zero emissions, but its pollution grew in 2023

In 2023, Tesla was responsible for more than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions compared to just under 42 million metric tons the year prior, a roughly 20 percent increase in pollution. Most of the additional pollution comes from Tesla’s supply chain.

So the conclusion for me is that I cannot see this collaboration out of context. It’s one more company expanding, instead of focusing on the sustainability of their existing processes.

We know damn well, we have all the scientific solutions needed to invert climate change but big corporations like Telsa, care only for their public image and their (stockholders’) profit. Nothing else. And these big corporations are actively lobbying and funding politicians to enforce legislation in their benefit. No wonder we don’t see the political will to implement those solutions.

the number of cells ready for recycling will grow dramatically within a few decades, and there are expected to be 80 million tonnes of panels ready for recycling each year by 2050.

That sounds like it’s a lot

The new work, rather than focusing on completely dissolving the materials used in constructing the panel, relies on a brief chemical treatment that largely severs the connections among the individual layers. While this results in some chemical byproducts, most of the material ends up intact and in a relatively pure form.

That sounds impressive. Hope the chemical byproducts are environmentally friendly or something.

Admittedly, the title is terrible. The content is very interesting.

Well the Lenin dude managed to create an authoritarian regime in the name of the proletariat [yep, I wrote exactly what I meant] by orchestrating and doing the October coup. The revolution happened in February. Don’t take my word for it, check it out yourselves. Some input for this research can be found in this 11min video. So, I don’t see how taking advises from Lenin for action could lead to anything that’s worth doing in practice.

That’s a very interesting graph for sure! For some reason the source is greyed out, so I thought of sharing the link here for easy access.

World Inequality Database

Thanks for sharing all those. Since you mentioned arduino, I thought of sharing something that came to my attention quite recently, and admittedly I found it very disturbing. Before reading that I was an arduino fan, I’m not anymore. Anyways here it is:

The Untold History of Arduino by Hernando Barragán