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"encrypt emails in such a way that they literally did not have access to the content stored on their own servers" how is that possible? I'm curious to know as
by adrianwaj 13y ago
"encrypt emails in such a way that they literally did not have access to the content stored on their own servers"
how is that possible? I'm curious to know as to how they achieved that technically. I mean if the user is reading an email in their browser, then it would've had to have been created on the server first.
- babby 13y agoIt's just how encryption works; you don't store the plain passwords or keys the users submit to decrypt their stuff, thus you have no way to access it.
- cozeulodorieso 13y agoLavabit's explanation of their security, via the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20130530023856/http://lavabit.com/secure.html http://web.archive.org/web/20130530023856/http://lavabit.com...
- rorrr2 13y agoIt all happens on the client side. Servers only store the encrypted emails and have no idea what the contents or the keys are.
- adrianwaj 13y agoright, but incoming and outgoing emails from lavabit servers won't necessarily be encrypted, unless the other party is using GPG or whatever - it's just the way they're stored.
- moutarde 13y agoThe same server(s) also control the JavaScript code run by the client/browser. They could serve special code (to any one the government wanted to spy on) that returned their password to the server.
- rorrr2 13y agoThat's exactly why LavaBit shut down, looks like they were forced to do that.