Lavabit abruptly shuts down
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Lavabit abruptly shuts down
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Re: Lavabit abruptly shuts down
#2Source: https://lavabit.com/?repost=true
This is very unfortunate and sad. I hope he wins in Court. The NSA/administration are really trying to destroy the last bit of privacy in the world, and they will fight relentlessly until they do (especially if the People aren't fighting back).
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#3Crap, I had just recently migrated all of my accounts to my new Lavabit address, paid for a year of service, etc.
Although I've seen some mentioned, what recommendations does HN have for a new e-mail service? Preferably something stable and also respecting of a user's privacy. Or perhaps you can only have 1 of the aforementioned attributes.
Re: Lavabit abruptly shuts down
#4Crap, I had just recently migrated all of my accounts to my new Lavabit address, paid for a year of service, etc. Although I've seen some mentioned, what recommendations does HN have for a new e-mail service? Preferably something stable and also respecting of a user's privacy. Or perhaps you can only have 1 of the aforementioned attributes.
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#5I like the part where he can't tell you why he's shutting down. As if we won't engage in rampant irresponsible speculation that they have told him to decrypt and forward everything to them in real time.
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#6Crap, I had just recently migrated all of my accounts to my new Lavabit address, paid for a year of service, etc. Although I've seen some mentioned, what recommendations does HN have for a new e-mail service? Preferably something stable and also respecting of a user's privacy. Or perhaps you can only have 1 of the aforementioned attributes.
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#7"I can't tell you the reason" is a rather blatant way of saying "National Security Letter".
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#8This is a real shame. 10 years of work gone, and they have to ask for help for the legal bills.
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#9Time to donate to the EFF. They haven't been branded as a terrorist charity yet, AFAIK...
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#10The line "A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an American company." seems to suggest that he may be working to create lavabit outside the borders of "Mordor".
Can he reopen it as a foreign business?