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"You can permit law enforcement to make warranted requests against specific users or groups while still not allowing them access to all the data." Can you? Wit

"You can permit law enforcement to make warranted requests against specific users or groups while still not allowing them access to all the data." Can you? With the Patriot Act? The fact is that the US gobertment can talk to any worker of any company of the US and blackmail her into doing whatever they want. If this person tells anybody, he goes to jail. "You don't have to choose between "revolutionary hero" and "let the government do whatever they want with your company and your users", at least not in North America. In a country like Russia it may be different." You mean like Lavabit?: https://lavabit.com/ https://lavabit.com/

Karunamon 12y ago
As much as i admire Levison, at least part of that problem was his own making, namely by being a dick to the agents and charging rates for the work that is way too high. It is possible to disagree with police without being outright antagonistic to them.
- desdiv 12y ago
  ...and charging rates for the work that is way too high. Funny, when I read about the $3500 part I was surprised at how little he asked for. My impression from various HN threads[0][1] is that someone of Levison's caliber could easily fetch $200 per hour. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5769348 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5769348 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=182369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=182369