email was never safe. She's just now saying that this is so? C'mon. She probably had to shut down the site because she ran out of money, and used this as convenient cover to look like a martyr.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is quite sad how this issue is destroying the internet. Cloud companies > estimate they have lost about 50m USD in business from overseas so far, and > say they could lose even more. > > Companies that provide secure or encrypted email services have closed > entirely as they cannot operate within the United States. > > Almost everyone's data passes through the US at some point, so everyone > falls victim to the blanket collection of information, with no clue as to > how this information will be used in the future. > > It's quite insane. It removes the ability for people to have frank and open > discussions across a medium that has done more to further such discussions > than anything else in modern history. > > > > http://gizmodo.com/essential-legal-site-groklaw-shuts-down-rather-than-fac-1171125087 > > "For the last 10 years, if you wanted to understand a complex legal issue > in the news, your first stop was Groklaw. A free, open source exchange of > theories and ideas, Groklaw has been an invaluable resource for lawyers and > laymen alike. Last night, its owner pulled the plug. It was a matter of > privacy. > > In an emotional post last night, Groklaw founder Pamela Jones laid out her > reasons for shuttering her internet legal salon. In the face of government > pressures placed on email providers like Lavabit and Silent Circleóand > those sites' decision to shut down rather than give up their clients' > information to the fedsóshe decided to pull the plug preemptively. Groklaw > couldn't operate, she explained, without email. And email is no longer safe > (if it ever was): > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
