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Comment by truth on August 10, 2013 at 3:36pm

http://tinyurl.com/12Lavabit

Comment by Less Prone on August 10, 2013 at 3:31pm

Encrypted Email Service Ordered to Shut Down

http://www.globalresearch.ca/criminalizing-privacy-u-s-government-f...

Lavabit letter to user;

"My Fellow Users,

I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what’s going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.

What’s going to happen now? We’ve already started preparing the paperwork needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an American company.

This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States.

Sincerely,
Ladar Levison
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC"

Comment by Less Prone on July 28, 2013 at 7:21am

Laser,

This is one of the software I'm suspicious of having a back door. What guarantee do we have that they don't have a back door or that they will be not coerced to install one? I'm suggesting that we create a fully modifiable  open source software that has an excryption key anyone can change.

Comment by TheLasersShadow on July 28, 2013 at 7:03am

http://www.gpg4win.org/