I don’t think your whole thought process differs from a tankie. They think the same in a “my team is better, other one is sowing misinformation” way.

Upon receiving the recovery email from Proton Mail, Spanish authorities further requested Apple to provide additional details linked to that email, leading to the identification of the individual.

I like how no ones talking about how Apple (the one its fanboys say is most privacy centric company) was the one that helped identity the individual.