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Encrypted Email Provider Lavabit Shuts Down, Blames US Gov't

Posted by timothy on from the land-of-the-free dept.

clorkster writes to note the following explanation posted to the front page of encrypted email provider Lavabit: "'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.' No doubt this has much to do with Snowden's use of the provider."

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  1. OK. by CaptainStumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it has come to this.

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    1. Re: OK. by VortexCortex · · Score: 1, Funny

      ..and to the dipshit below. It's an obligatory XKCD reference. https://xkcd.com/1022/

      Obligatory Response., it is always relevant to the mention of XKCD. Book mark this link. Click it when you think about posting about XKCD. This is so you can know how it is for others. Imagine that even something you don't care for could become unbearable given inability to escape it.

  2. And I'm proud to be an American... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where at least I know I'm free!

    1. Re:And I'm proud to be an American... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Where at least I know I'm free!

      I know I'm free! The uniformed man pointing his gun at me told me so!

  3. Freedom by intermodal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone know a good freedom dealer? I'm an addict and need my fix of freedom, but I can't seem to find it within the borders of the US at this point.

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  4. Edward, is that you? by raftpeople · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once lived there. I've been a tourist there a couple of times. I don't think I'll ever set mu foot there again. Good luck.

    There's a great Piroshky stand in the East terminal of the airport, you should try it.

  5. Re:Context by stanlyb · · Score: 2, Funny

    In England, when they banned the practice of punishing the students' bottom, the homosexuality dropped from 30% to something 10-20%....
    Go figure.