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Ladar Levison
My Fellow Users, 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 down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what’s going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests. This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would strongly recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States. Sincerely, Ladar LevisonOwner and Operator, Lavabit LLC August 8, 2013
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New York Magazine
April 19, 2018
And remember how easy it is to pressure companies to send the remote-control command or to get from them all the secrets that are needed. Remember Lavabit. Lavabit was ordered to tell the state enough to spy on all its users 100 percent. And the only way that Ladar Levison could avoid that was to shutÃâà...
The Verge
January 22, 2017
On January 20th, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison published a note announcing that he was relaunching Lavabit. He explained that while much has changed since the site was originally closed down, “much has not in our post-Snowden world,” and alluded to some of the major email leaks that demonstratedÃâà...
Computerworld
June 28, 2016
Lavabit founder Ladar Levison last week confirmed what had been an open secret: That he shuttered his encrypted email service in 2013 because of the federal government's pursuit of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. In a statement issued June 24, Levison said that theÃâà...
TechCrunch
June 24, 2016
Levison founded Lavabit in 2003, and had a steady 10 years of operation before shutting down in August 2013. At the time, he announced his decision with a cryptic note to users. “I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away fromÃâà...
WIRED
March 18, 2016
Three years ago, Ladar Levison, the founder of the now-defunct secure email service known as Lavabit, was in the same position Apple finds itself today: facing off against a formidable government foe with unlimited resources and an aggressive determination to break his tech company's defiance.
ZDNet
November 2, 2015
Lavabit, the privacy-centric email provider Edward Snowden reportedly used, is set to make a comeback. Ladar Levison made headlines two years ago when he unexpectedly shut down the encrypted email service that he built from the ground up over a decade, after federal agents demanded he turn overÃâà...
The Guardian
May 22, 2014
My company, Lavabit, provided email services to 410,000 people – including Edward Snowden, according to news reports – and thrived by offering features specifically designed to protect the privacy and security of its customers. I had no choice but to consent to the installation of their device, which wouldÃâà...
The Verge
October 7, 2013
Ladar Levison is having a rough summer. It's a little less than two months since the Lavabit founder was forced to shutter his secure email service amid legal complications. While the tech press has been piecing through the details, Levison has been slugging it out in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,Ãâà...
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