Snowden Using Lavabit for Email

#1

Post by tippytop » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 5:09 AM UTC

Re: Snowden Using Lavabit for Email

#2

Post by joejohnson » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 5:39 AM UTC

Does anyone know if you can use Lavabit with your own domain?

#3

Post by ra » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 5:54 AM UTC

joejohnson wrote: post #2

Does anyone know if you can use Lavabit with your own domain?

you can.

You need to get a paid account then email them to ask them to set it up; there's no web interface to add a domain as you would on eg fastmail.

#4

Post by mieses » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 6:45 AM UTC

Couldn't the NSA easily tap this server? The email is only encrypted at rest. The datacenter is in Dallas, TX.

#5

Post by mariuolo » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

Nice, this will ruin it for the rest of us all:(

#6

Post by stugs » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 3:15 PM UTC

#7

Post by Dystopian » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 7:05 PM UTC

I've had a 4 char account for years - never did it because they were inherently secure though.

They're an American company with an American hosting provider. Only pro accounts use the encrypted email feature set.

Here's Lavabit's whitepaper on their process - pretty standard setup: http://lavabit.com/secure.html