[liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL???

[Kyle Maxwell]

I find it unlikely that it's an NSL per se. That would compel Lavabit
to produce existing business records, and shutting down doesn't
provide any defense against that.

But if the FBI (likely the lead agency on this) tried to compel
Lavabit to weaken its implementation so that they could conduct
ongoing, future surveillance, that might be a different matter. My
guess is that the actual issue lies more in this direction.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Shava Nerad <shava23 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://boingboing.net/2013/08/08/lavabit-email-service-snowden.html
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> has the link to the correct paypal donation page.
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> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM, David Johnson <david at bostonreview.net>
> wrote:
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>> https://lavabit.com/
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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.
>> What’s going to happen now? We’ve already started preparing the paperwork
>> needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the Fourth Circuit Court
>> of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an
>> American company.
>> This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without
>> congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_
>> recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with
>> physical ties to the United States.
>> Sincerely,
>> Ladar Levison
>> Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
>> Defending the constitution is expensive! Help us by donating to the
>> Lavabit Legal Defense Fund here.
>>
>>
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> Shava Nerad
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