[ExI] lavabit.com takedown

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 06:22:57PM -0400, David Lubkin wrote:

> That's one of the gotchas I mentioned in my posting about the business
> I'm thinking of kicking off. Its success depends on my customers
> trusting me with what might be confidential data. Which I'd thought

Your customers shouldn't have to trust you.

> about in terms of technologies, policies, and trustworthy staff. Now
> I have to think about what to do if their data is demanded. I don't mind
> complying so much as potentially having to conceal that compliance
> from my users.

If you built your offering on top of something like Tahoe LAFS,
you *couldn't* comply, even if you wanted to.