Lavabit shut down

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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.

 

 

https://lavabit.com/

[blknit 0]

It's sad.. been using lavabit for years and it was a great service

 

The email service offered various security features to a claimed user base of 350,000, and is the first such firm to have publicly and transparently closed down, rather than cooperate with state surveillance programs. The email address Snowden (or someone sending emails on his behalf) is reported to have used to send invites to a press conference  at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport in mid-July was a Lavabit account.

 

 

[LBDude 3]

Here is a link to Glenn Greenwald's column in the Guardian on this subject.  It includes comments on Lavabit's shut down from Snowden to Greenwald.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/lavabit-shutdown-snowden-silicon-valley

[snipe 0]

That's a shame, I had a lavabit account there for quite a while.  Unbelievable what our government is doing with our privacy.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/09/lavabits-ladar-levison-if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/

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Lavabit owner fears arrest for non-compliance after secret surveillance order

http://rt.com/usa/lavabit-owner-fears-surveillance-arrest-595/

[user37 28]

You have my support in more ways then one, it's good to see you're not in this fight alone.