ladar

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by ladar 13y ago
Their is a Paypal donation link on lavabit.com...
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by ladar 13y ago
Third parties like Lavabit can be forced to turn over user keys... which is why I encrypted a user's private key with the user's password.
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by ladar 13y ago
This is vague and I apologize... but it has to be that way... for now. I couldn't compromise the system... but as it turns out the feds have a few secret capabilities the public doesn't about... they still need certain things in o
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by ladar 13y ago
The system was only designed to protect data at rest. I followed the NIST secure coding guidelines when processing sensitive data. That should have made it difficult to compromise the system without changing the code.
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by ladar 13y ago
The question is whether our government can access the private data of people not involved in an investigation and whether companies can be forced to surrender their own sensitive info... or be forced to help subvert the security of their ow
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by ladar 13y ago
Personally I think bulk collection is wrong regardless of where a person is, or what passport they carry. But the constitution only protects our right to privacy on American soil... Since Lavabit operates in the US and we can't tell wh
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by ladar 13y ago
It's looking like the district court appeal is going to cost between 70k and 100k. I'll need to raise allot more if the fight goes onto the supreme court. I'm told a typical supreme court case will cost 250k and up...
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by ladar 13y ago
The lawyers setup a non profit and applied for status as a 501c3. All the donations are going towards legal expenses and any related travel...the team is spread out between San Francisco, NYC, DC and of course myself in Dallas.