[liberationtech] Lavabit, Silent Circle both shut down

[Arjen Kamphuis]

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On 08/13/2013 10:51 AM, Ralph Holz wrote:
> That's the company I use, too - and ultimately the reason I am 
> asking because Chris Soghoian once told me that they log the 
> connections. This seems to be supported by this inquiry made in 
> 2011:
> 
> http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/
>
>
> 
They log for 6 months and say they will respond to requests under
> Swiss law.

And that is a shitty situation. Swiss law however does affords at
least some protections under the Swiss constitution. Unlike US law
where all rights are instantly meaningless as soon as somebody says
'terrorism' (these effects also apply to US puppet-states such as UK
and the Netherlands). Note that under Swiss law the wikileaks.ch
domain was never taken down despite massive diplomatic pressure from
the US to do so. France caved in even faster than in the summer of
1940 and took down wikileaks.fr

I'll be the last person to claim either Switserland or Germany are
ideal. But having looked around I can't find better places right now.
If somebody does know of a better place to put servers I'd love to
know about it. Obviously territory and law are just a little extra
defense-in-depth. I believe much more in privacy-by-tech over
privacy-by-policy/law.

In the words of the great American strategist Lt Lockhart:
http://youtu.be/UdK3ZImjPsY


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