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Are there recorded cases of this ever happening?
by warent 5y ago
Are there recorded cases of this ever happening?
- sandworm101 5y agoLavabit. Iirc they were asked to compromise thier own server as part of the snowden investigation. Instead they closed up shop. I lost a couple email addresses with the, but was glad to do so rather than explain to legal clients how thier data was on an fbi-controlled sever. Sometimes the only way to win is not to play. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-month-legal-battle-with-fbi-1.2658374 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-mo...
- forkerenok 5y agoWith your nickname the comment makes for an eerie read :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(hacker_group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(hacker_group)
- sandworm101 5y agoIt is also one of the oldest concepts in scifi. I never met a hacker who wasnt also some sort of scifi fan. The people picking hacker groups names all read Hebert long ago. If you are old enough to have used lavabit, you probably know about sandworms.
- beermonster 5y agoI read it and thought of Dune.
- beermonster 5y agoDidn’t they famously print out their RSA private key on paper when forced to hand it over? Use PFS..
- msh 5y agoHushmail was forced to do that: https://www.wired.com/2007/11/hushmail-to-war/ https://www.wired.com/2007/11/hushmail-to-war/