Sham is a strong word, The model Lavabit used, is the same security model 99% of cloud services use even today. The same model that iCloud, Google, and other

Sham is a strong word, The model Lavabit used, is the same security model 99% of cloud services use even today. The same model that iCloud, Google, and other use, all of which have control over the encrytion stored on their servers, all of which will turn over data (not shut down like lavabit did) when asked by the government to turn over said data. Apple has never, and will likely never refuse to turn over data stored on their servers.