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楼主 / 灰暗的石头
- 时间: 2013-8-09 07:48Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down.
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- 时间: 2013-8-09 08:04Letter below:
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
Update: Silent Circle has just shut down its encrypted email service Silent Mail, following Lavabit’s lead. Silent Circle said it hadn’t received any government demands for data yet, but due to the high-profile nature of its users, the CEO told TechCrunch “We knew the USG would come after us”. -
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- 时间: 2013-8-09 09:44
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- 时间: 2013-8-09 10:04据路透社
美国中情局前雇员斯诺登曾使用的加密电邮服务网站 “拉瓦彼特”(Lavabit)8月8日突遭关闭。
总部设在得克萨斯的加密电邮服务网站“拉瓦彼特”的创始人莱文森表示,由于法律方面的原因,他不能对关闭该服务作出解释。莱文森在官方网站中对用户发表声明称,“我被迫做出一个艰难的决定:面对美国政府的指控,还是离开近十年的事业,关闭拉瓦彼特”。莱文森表示,在左思又想之后,他已决定“暂停运营”。
莱文森在声明中语气激愤,称他被禁止就关闭“拉瓦彼特”加密服务提供更多细节。他指出,尽管已向有关当局提出过两次,但他还是被禁止在此后的六周时间里解释关闭有关服务的原因。
普通电邮用户使用有效加密手段极为罕见。斯诺登披露的一些文件显示,谷歌、微软和其它一些大型网络服务提供商一直被迫帮助情报机构收集用户的电邮和其它数据。 -
- 时间: 2013-8-09 10:17
Lavabit is done!
