Here's my speculation, to be buried 450 comments deep: The government said, "you must update your software to compromise your encryption, and deliver us this i

Here's my speculation, to be buried 450 comments deep: The government said, "you must update your software to compromise your encryption, and deliver us this information we have a warrant for." Lavabit said, "well, no, that defeats the purpose of our business". The gov't said "we don't care, we have a valid warrant" and now Lavabit is out of business. If I'm right, nobody's files were compromised because Lavabit refused, but I imagine that doesn't bode well for returning user data because there could be huge legal consequences if one of the confirmed users is strongly suspected of XYZ. If I'm right, it shouldn't prevent the owner from starting a new secure email service outside of the US. I suggest Iceland.