Reason readers know that, recently, encrypted email
provider Lavabit closed its doors rather than spy
on its customers at the command of the United States government.
Lavabit's action was almost immediately echoed by Silent Circle, which preemptively
shuttered its encrypted email service and purged users' stored data without
warning so that it couldn't be subject to a similar order.
Unfortunately, the government's position seems to be the
same as that of the Mafia: If you're told to do business with the mob, you
don't get to decide otherwise. Lavabit owner Ladar Levison reportedly faces
arrest for his decision to shut down rather than cooperate….To Read More……
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