[ExI] lavabit.com takedown

[spike]

>... On Behalf Of Michael DeVault
Subject: [ExI] lavabit.com takedown

>....The founder, Ladar Levison, stated he took it down the service rather
than comply with what he feels are unconstitutional demands based on laws
passed by the U.S. Congress...md


The older ones here may remember about in the late 90s or around 00 when
some freeware strong cryptographic email service came into being.  Some of
us got accounts on it, but it occurred to me that one could never be sure
the message was really secure from the people who set up the site.
Eventually the feds apparently convinced them that this is a technology that
could enable terrorism.  They quietly took it down.

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