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Lavabit was created so every law-abiding citizen has access to a secure and private email service. What an intriguing statement. I'm not sure if I should read
by dingaling 13y ago
Lavabit was created so every law-abiding citizen has access to a secure and private email service.
What an intriguing statement. I'm not sure if I should read anything into it, but 'law-abiding' and 'citizen' seem odd in that context.
Edit: Why not just say 'everyone'? Otherwise it sounds as if Lavabit was making a decision as to whether someone was eligible or not, which I don't think is what he means.
- kybernetikos 13y agoI think he said that because he was happy to work with reasonable law enforcement requests for specific individuals that were part of a criminal investigation. It was just when they were asking for the ability to completely backdoor his system for all users that he started with the civil disobedience.
- smackay 13y agoI think you are reading too much into the statement. It's likely to be a figure of speech so that regular folks i.e. not child pornographers, drug smugglers, terrorists or other ne'er do wells, can feel good about using the service.
- notdonspaulding 13y agoBecause it's a statement in front of a court. Specifically, in giving the rationale for why handing over the private key is a 4th amendment violation, it's helpful to point out that lawbreakers (for whom specific, particular, narrow warrants have been issued) have no expectation of privacy even on Lavabit's system.