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This is pretty much why I said "If you want to hang a conspiracy theory on this news[1], find some hook besides Lavabit." Linking an abuse like you describe to
by danielweber 12y ago
This is pretty much why I said "If you want to hang a conspiracy theory on this news[1], find some hook besides Lavabit."
Linking an abuse like you describe to Lavabit only harms developers, who if they were to receive such an illegal demand might remember "wait, Lavabit was required to install back doors, right? I guess I have to, as well!"
- Crito 12y agoI'm not even talking about Lavabit. They have done this to others (it was unconstitutional at the time, but was not yet declared as such). They could do it again. Only the most selfless person would be able to bring it to the publics attention. Until the current regime is dismantled, we cannot rule out the possibility that these abuses are ongoing. To label it as a conspiracy theory is just shameless apologetics.
- danielweber 12y agoThey have done this to others. What's "this"? Is it "the USG compels vendors to install back doors into their software products they ship to others, under threat of jail time and/or fine and/or vacation at Gitmo"? To whom was this done? NSLs are nasty in many ways. That doesn't mean they are nasty in any way you can imagine.