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He destroyed his own business. I do respect his morals, but I'm not clear what exactly he hoped to accomplish? Could you legally reveal the target of an active
by serge2k 11y ago
He destroyed his own business. I do respect his morals, but I'm not clear what exactly he hoped to accomplish?
Could you legally reveal the target of an active phone wiretap? Intercepting email metadata for a specific person under investigation seems like a reasonable thing for law enforcement to attempt. Is his problem with it the action, or the idea of a secretive court allowing this?
The other issue is having to turn over encryption keys. This is much more of a grey area, and I can see why he would shut down rather than set that precedent. This is why if you want your data safe you should have the keys.
- ipsin 11y agoI think he hoped to avoid being forced to run a honeypot meant to capture Mr. Snowden's communications.
- late2part 11y agoHis moral stand wasn't for Snowden. He surmised the court would give the key to the Feds and they would use it to unencrypt things beyond the scope of the order. He stood on principle against the courts insistence that he trust the plaintiff to use the tool within the courts orders. The courts naievete is cringeworthy.
- Pyxl101 11y agoNo, that's not what happened. The government initially asked LavaBit to intercept and provide data for one user only. LavaBit had done this in the past for FBI on other cases. However, the owner dragged his feet for no legally defensible reason responding to this particular request, and asked for compensation et cetera, and so the government demanded the SSL keys to do it themselves.
- asquabventured 11y ago> LavaBit had done this in the past for FBI on other cases. Citation needed.
- nommm-nommm 11y agohttps://cryptome.org/2013/08/joey006/usa-v-joey006.htm https://cryptome.org/2013/08/joey006/usa-v-joey006.htm