Imagine the existence of a guy called Madar Mevinson, who runs a company Mavabit... that publicly shuts down over privacy concerns, but then reopens in triumph after a court battle... but little did we know, Madar was a government operative the whole time! (Or a non-state-actor criminal. Or just a creepy stalker. Whatever.)
And, because this is the internet, I'll mention that I am absolutely not suggesting that these things are true of Mr Levinson and Lavabit. But it's a bad security model to trust the ethics of a stranger, and from what I understand of Lavabit, that's required here. Maybe I misunderstood Lavabit?
PS: even so, 'mad props' to Mr Levinson, for taking a brave and productive stand
Imagine the existence of a guy called Madar Mevinson, who runs a company Mavabit... that publicly shuts down over privacy concerns, but then reopens in triumph after a court battle... but little did we know, Madar was a government operative the whole time! (Or a non-state-actor criminal. Or just a creepy stalker. Whatever.)
And, because this is the internet, I'll mention that I am absolutely not suggesting that these things are true of Mr Levinson and Lavabit. But it's a bad security model to trust the ethics of a stranger, and from what I understand of Lavabit, that's required here. Maybe I misunderstood Lavabit?
PS: even so, 'mad props' to Mr Levinson, for taking a brave and productive stand