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Some questions given the reasons why they had to shutdown: 1. Can Lavabit now set up shop overseas (with a different TLD)? 2. If not 1, can Lavabit license th
by tareqak 13y ago
Some questions given the reasons why they had to shutdown:
1. Can Lavabit now set up shop overseas (with a different TLD)?
2. If not 1, can Lavabit license their software infrastructure in such a way such that someone overseas can set up shop for them?
3. If not 2, can Lavabit open source their software such that someone anywhere else in world can start their own Lavabit?
The point that I am trying to get across is that if Lavabit has been forced to shutdown through no wrongdoing of their own by the US government, a case can be made that certain American government actions are making American companies uncompetitive/non-viable in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
TL;DR jobs are leaving the United States.
- toyg 13y agoNot knowing the actual crime, you cannot answer any of those questions. See, this is why "secret laws" are so bad: you cannot legally counteract because you don't know what's legal anymore.
- tareqak 13y agoI am speculating because I am genuinely interested. Assuming this event is the result of an NSL, what can the owners do next? An NSL would have to have been served against an organization. If said organization no longer exists, there should be no reason why another organization that performs exactly the same activity as the first could not be formed. If the answer is no, then it's as if a coffee shop was destroyed by a hurricane, but now the government says you aren't allowed own/operate/license coffee shops anymore except the hurricane is actually an arm of the government. This event really gives a new meaning to "invisible hand", except this time, it's in the shape of a fist[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand
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