Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013, after the U.S. Federal Government ordered it to turn over its …

2013年10月7日 · Lavabit was used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. And in August, as the FBI pursued those leaks, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison shut down his company.

2013年8月9日 · Lavabit users reacted with consumer vitriol on the company’s Facebook page (“What about our emails?”), but the tide quickly turned toward government critique.

2013年11月12日 · Lavabit announced today that it would shut down its encrypted email service rather than “become complicit in crimes against the American people.” Lavabit did not say …

2013年8月8日 · “I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting …

2013年10月3日 · The documents show that the US government sought to force Lavabit to install a "pen register and the use of a trap and trace device" on a particular email account.

2013年8月9日 · Based in Texas, Lavabit attracted attention last month when NSA leaker Edward Snowden used an e-mail account with the service to invite human rights workers and lawyers …

2013年10月7日 · On August 8th, Lavabit, newly famous for being the secure e-mail service used by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, went dark.

2013年8月9日 · Ladar Levison, 32, has spent ten years building encrypted email service Lavabit, attracting over 410,000 users.

2013年8月10日 · It’s been a few days since Lavabit, the secure email service used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, shut down to avoid “crimes against the American people.” …