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Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service

Posted by Ridcully on · 3 comments
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The saga of Lavabit founder Ladar Levison is getting even more ridiculous, as he explains that the government has threatened him with criminal charges for his decision to shut down the business, rather than agree to some mysterious court order. The feds are apparently arguing that the act of shutting down the business, itself, was a violation of the order

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Comments (3)

Bob_Robertson ·
Search YouTube, it's there.
notbob ·
Ya jes gotta be smarter than the govt. If ya' don't use encryption, they got ya. If you do use encryption, you invite more scrutiny. Do like the mob and make up yer own. "Yo, Vinny ....I tink it's time we cleanz dat shirt." ;)
Bob_Robertson ·
Notbob,

If you already have a secure channel to communicate what 'clean that shirt' means, then you can't be tapped anyway.

That's one reason that the "meta data" is what is actually useful in tracking bad guys, the actual contents of the calls is irrelevant.

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