Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "There is nothing "Lavabit-style" about "distribute a back door or else." You would need explicit legislation to allow that." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program) No legislastion authorizes that program, among many others. I think what the parent was referring to as "Lavabit-style" was the "compromise your users or face legal action" move. Turning over customer data or introducing a backdoor ar…
Is there something at that Bullrun link that shows the USG uses legal methods (or even illegal methods) to force product makers to insert backdoors into their equipment against the product makers' will?[1] The NSA inserting backdoors into the product without the cooperation or maybe even knowledge of the vendor -- while troubling for any number of reasons -- is vastly different. Especially when giving advice to devel…
>Hushmail stated that the Java version is also vulnerable, in that they may be compelled to deliver a compromised java applet to a user.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushmail#Compromises_to_email_p...
>Hushmail turned over cleartext copies of private email messages associated with several addresses at the request of law enforcement agencies under a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States.; e.g. in the case of U.S. v. Tyler Stumbo.
>if a court order has been issued by the Supreme Court of British Columbia compelling us to reveal the content of your encrypted email, the "attacker" could be Hush Communications, the actual service provider.