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encryption keys and SSL keys that protected the site. Levison was threatened with criminal
contempt – which could have potentially put him in jail – if he did not comply. Such a
move would have given the government access to all of Lavabit users’ information.
The court ordered Levison to be fined $5,000 a day beginning 6 August until he handed
over electronic copies of the keys. Two days later Levison handed over the keys hours after
he shuttered Lavabit.”
You see what I am talking about? The federal government ordered this man to hand over
all his encryption keys and SSL keys which compromised the privacy of 400,000 users
just so they could gain more data on one man, Edward Snowden. And they used bullying
tactics and attempted to bankrupt the owner of Lavabit by fining him $5,000 per day until
he handed over the keys. Unfortunately, Levison had no choice but to hand over the keys
or lose everything.
An interview on Reddit with Levison revealed what he claimed that other secure email
providers who threatened to shut down were forced to stay up.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/19/lavabit_analysis/
“Lavabit’s founder has claimed other secure webmail providers who threatened to
shut themselves down in the wake of the NSA spying revelations had received court
orders forcing them to stay up.”
There you have it. Anyone who tries to stand up to the government, especially in the
United States will be met with swift justice, court orders and outrageous fines unless they
comply and on top of it, slapped with gag orders so they cannot tell anybody about what
the government is doing.