Likely related to Snowden: http://boingboing.net/2013/07/12/so-apparently-edward-snowden.html
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Trigger Happy <triggerha...@openmail.cc> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > what I saw today lavabit.com > > My Fellow Users, > > 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 > > > - -- > Trigger Happy > jabber: triggerha...@jabber.ccc.de > otr: 85e6d794bbf77f6defd7e6648a6e48ebba6f0ffd > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSA/HMAAoJEEtm9wC9fGLFxDkP/RQiZyIXv3sXHgYoocGEv+w3 > K4P+z5o1t7RVJBuSSu3AOwqBvKVZczgJsUJ2u/TT96KAGw/9zflCIqrsFDFHOA1T > g2LdZ2qs8jxYEs9DWCNBSOmK964LmRpsJoyncwoXS0BYGD8eM0bN7v8HuR69GNbG > IAMnI7WRiiQQnX8wpO0VIA0/V50pgIsFbZJt6swK2emuGRBzDgVedWNPTGpbLHbM > +iDVAVGi4OLkT2DVUsne+pJOq3JDtpjASTo7y6VhxxS6v5i6lLbjDto2eXyS1/zM > GW4iTLTqM7YY7nj3X4bpjeGM4G5i+gx74paq3o3hqbqwlKs30ehltAJiNpjleUWu > FlvD5fuUWEYWjMzddfOFuidVXjRKhcRsuoeGvPIP+AifgKekqnKU1Pjrdx+9oU0q > WCVjF4dDl7tebVPrdlNVjCDlUXTPhpCrpuMrjbkk/N44E7E/ik+ObraX0A8JGcDp > +gOAXOPT3J/hVFwRm6ksqfi9lXe5HijHNXspuTQ4QLBqhVhS5O+WqnWo8xVCpVF6 > VQt0e8YCYrPD34A9WCodHaidy4kGtO2BOJq0VNqrJ/atAtPcBx4IHD9hRhlFJbqJ > TCi7WBn++dtbYMiVYjSOq2Y9DDlO9WoSNaWC90Ae86ZnUfKmYTsj7TK+ynxfenR/ > X8t6xQ+Mp40MSLueVM8q > =tzgx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- @kylemaxwell