Lavabit.com Owner: 'I Could Be Arrested' For Resisting Surveillance Order

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 17, 2013 @12:25AM from the how-can-you-dare-to-say-that dept.

Zak3056 writes "NBC News is reporting that 'The owner of an encrypted email service used by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden said he has been threatened with criminal charges for refusing to comply with a secret surveillance order to turn over information about his customers. "I could be arrested for this action," Ladar Levison told NBC News about his decision to shut down his company, Lavabit LLC, in protest over a secret court order he had received from a federal court that is overseeing the investigation into Snowden.''"

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Just comply with the court order by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-17 00:29 · Score: 5, Funny

There's no point to be made from not complying with a legitimate court order. Just comply with it. One day you could be very thankful that we have a legal system that was created to protect us. Please respect that and our fellow citizens.