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.Lavabit owner and operator Ladar Levison • Discussing his decision to shut down his product, which he said came down to this decision: “[To] become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit.” Sound a little cryptic? There’s a reason. It’s rumored Lavabit was Snowden’s email provider, and that the company lost a recent federal case regarding Snowden.
August 8, 2013 // 17:40 // 7 years ago
