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It was frowned upon because what Enron was doing was both illegal and immoral. What Lavabit was doing was neither. Further, Lavbit's founder took a stand on a b
by revscat 13y ago
It was frowned upon because what Enron was doing was both illegal and immoral. What Lavabit was doing was neither. Further, Lavbit's founder took a stand on a believe in the right to anonymous communication. Compare this to Enron, where destruction of evidence was purely in an effort to hide evidence of culpability by those who ordered the destruction.
- patmcc 13y agoKnowingly and willfully destroying evidence that's been legally subpoenaed is indeed illegal, whether done by Enron "immorally" or $tech_company "morally".