Dark Mail and Dark Wallet crowdfunding campaigns

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladar/lavabits-dark-mail-initiative

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bitcoin-dark-wallet

The Dark Wallet site has an interesting list of possibilities for the future of Bitcoin.
https://darkwallet.unsystem.net/

The point of these projects is to make trustless encryption and anonymity widespread. How will nation states respond when all emails are encrypted by default and digital currencies are untraceable?

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Also check out Moxie Marlinspike's article called "Lavabit Critque".

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Either hand over the encryption keys to the NSA, or the systems will probably be outlawed.

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Ladar Levison's response to Moxie Marlinspike's article

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/op-ed-lavabits-founder-responds-to-cryptographers-criticism/