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theinterjection
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EFF Has Lavabit’s Back in Contempt of Court Appeal
Why did Levison have access to their users mails in the first place? Didn't they claim that only you can see your emails? Isn't that the reason you can't reset your password?
bskap
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Because email is an insecure protocol. The email comes in unencrypted from the sender's SMTP server.
pekk
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But remember, that doesn't matter because "that's just how SSL works".
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