Government forces Lavabit Encrypted Email Service To Shut Down?

Socio · Aug 9, 2013

Sounds like it;

Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down, Can’t Say Why

Lavabit announced today that it would shut down its encrypted email service rather than “become complicit in crimes against the American people.” Lavabit did not say what it had been asked to do, only that it was legally prohibited from sharing the events leading to its decision.
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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.
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My guess would be the Government wanted the encryption keys so they could access e-mails and the owner chose to close down instead.

JRViejo · Aug 9, 2013

Already Posted: [thread=351668]Lavabit - Private E-Mail Service Shutsdown[/thread].

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