ACLU: Government ‘fundamentally destroyed’ secure email service Lavabit

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/25/aclu-government-fundamentally-destroyed-secure-email-service-lavabit/



ACLU: Government ‘fundamentally destroyed’ secure email service Lavabit
By Dominic Rushe, The Guardian
Friday, October 25, 2013 12:36 EDT

The US government “fatally undermined” Lavabit, the secure email service used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, when it demanded access to encryption keys that kept the service secure, the American Civil Liberties Union said in court filings on Friday.

The ACLU has filed a “friend of the court” briefing in defense of Lavabit and its founder, Ladar Levison, who faces contempt of court charges after his decision to close down his service rather than co-operate with the US authorities.

ACLU lawyer Catherine Crump said the government’s “unreasonably burdensome” demands “fundamentally destroyed the company as a whole.”

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Lavabit closed its service in August after the US authorities demanded he hand over the encryption keys for its entire service – a move Levison said would have compromised the personal details of all his 40,000 clients.

[idwiyo]

1. WOW, refuse to spy for goverment --> go to prison. How fucked up is that...

[Laelth]

2. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth