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On: A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case

[subverso]

Hello, I'm from Brazil. First time I read about this case. I'd like to know how Gov. managed to shut down the Lavabit. Which were the arguments?

[e12e → subverso]

As I recall, FBI contacted Lavabit, and asked for information on a single user. That would entail altering their system at the behest of the FBI, and they said no. Then FBI asked for the TLS private key, so the FBI could intercept users themselves. Lavabit said no, and ended up shutting down.