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Gov't Accidentally Publishes Target of Lavabit Probe: It's Snowden (arstechnica.com)
AmiMoJo writes: In the summer of 2013, secure e-mail service Lavabit was ordered by a federal judge to provide real-time e-mail monitoring of one of its users. Rather than comply with the order, Levison shut down his entire company. He said what the government was seeking would have endangered the privacy of all of his 410,000 users. Now, what was widely assumed has been confirmed. In documents posted to the federal PACER database this month, the government accidentally left his e-mail, 'Ed_snowden@lavabit.com,' unredacted for all to see.
Apple and these guys telling the government to fuck themselves.
The US electorate going apeshit.
It's like we're in a cold revolution!
The worst part is that shit like this is no longer surprising or noteworthy.
There was a time when a revelation like this would have been major news, all the papers and news stations would have had a field day with it, and heads would have rolled. Now there's barely the merest hint of interest, and not a shred of outrage.
The public has been thoroughly desensitized to what should be seen as egregious and illegal behavior by the government, yet for most people it's basically a snoozefest.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...