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It's complicated, but that's kinda what happened to the Lavabit "secure" webmail service. When the owner wouldn't install a backdoor, the FBI sought the private
by eli 8y ago
It's complicated, but that's kinda what happened to the Lavabit "secure" webmail service. When the owner wouldn't install a backdoor, the FBI sought the private encryption keys so they could MITM the whole site.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-lavabit-melted-down https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-lavabit-melted-d...
- angry_octet 8y agoThat isn't building an interception mechanism, it's revealing some private information Lavabit held.