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Lavabit Case Unsealed: FBI Demands Companies Secretly Turn Over Crypto Keys

Posted by timothy on from the c'mon-fellas-it's-for-the-greater-good dept.

jest3r writes "Lavabit won a victory in court and were able to get the secret court order [which led to the site's closure] unsealed. The ACLU's Chris Soghoian called it the nuclear option: The court order revealed the FBI demanded Lavabit turn over their root SSL certificate, something that would allow them to monitor the traffic of every user of the service. Lavabit offered an alternative method to tap into the single user in question but the FBI wasn't interested. Lavabit could either comply or shut down. As such, no U.S. company that relies on SSL encryption can be trusted with sensitive data. Everything from Google to Facebook to Skype to your bank account is only encrypted by SSL keys, and if the FBI can force Lavabit to hand over their SSL key or face shutdown, they can do it to anyone."

10 of 527 comments (clear)

  1. https by jobsagoodun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Luckily I browse my favourite sites like /. using http so I'm not affected by this.

    1. Re:https by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure the beta will fix this.

      It's one of the areas they're working on.

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    2. Re:https by aliquis · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait for your turn!

      They are still trying to figure out these non-ASCII char sets.

  2. Your move, NSA by Max_W · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://i.imgur.com/Xp2q6up.jpg

  3. Re:Nothing left to do by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    You already ARE revolting!

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  4. Re:Nothing left to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the worst haiku I've ever read.

  5. Re:What moron judge allowed this? by Russ1642 · · Score: 3, Funny

    FBI guy: But Judge, I need to break these fifteen laws and the constitution to catch the bad guys!
    Judge: Oh, gotta catch the bad guys. Is this where I sign?
    FBI guy: Yes, thanks. Oh, and can you please nullify this parking ticket for me while you're at it?
    Judge: Sure thing. Now go get 'em.

  6. Re:What moron judge allowed this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt many in the public will support them when the fact emerge that they were defying court orders.

    Yeah, how dare they challenge authority! It's unamerican!

  7. Re:Nothing left to do by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    *facepalm* on my part.

    *facepalm* on your face like everyone else. Dirty boy.

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  8. Re:Nothing left to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean the time is now for others to revolt while you sit in the basement playing armchair general. Who about you actually di something rather than just make empty threats?

    Surely you're not suggesting that this AC is some sort of...coward...are you?