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Someone once told me that in the Soviet Union, you had to turn to American newspapers to read about what was going on in your own country. Now you need Russian newspapers to read about what's going on in America.
All together now....
In Russia, you research on Internet. In Obama's America, Internet researches YOU!
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Originally Posted by Z038
Are there other businesses that offer services similar to those offered by Lavabit?
Personally, I use autistici/inventati; they are an Italian nonprofit group which provides a number of privacy-concious services.
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Originally Posted by brianL
Better get back to using pen & paper, then The-Powers-That-Be will have to steam the envelopes open. They'll soon get bored doing that.
Believe me, writing a letter is an incredibly pleasant experience. And it's really nice to get something other than junk mail! And don't forget about the fascinating rabbit-hole of zines!
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Someone once told me that in the Soviet Union, you had to turn to American newspapers to read about what was going on in your own country. Now you need Russian newspapers to read about what's going on in America.
Hahahahaha, thanks for the laugh
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Originally Posted by jdkaye
As a result I have dumped gmail ("do no evil", my arse). Now using riseup.net which works quite well.
...but their servers are in the US and thus under US jurisdiction. Not that the US seems to care what is in their jurisdiction any more, but why make things easier for them?
"Lavabit won a victory in court and were able to get the secret court order [which led to the site's closure] unsealed. The ACLU's Chris Soghoian called it the nuclear option: The court order revealed the FBI demanded Lavabit turn over their root SSL certificate, something that would allow them to monitor the traffic of every user of the service. Lavabit offered an alternative method to tap into the single user in question but the FBI wasn't interested. Lavabit could either comply or shut down. As such, no U.S. company that relies on SSL encryption can be trusted with sensitive data. Everything from Google to Facebook to Skype to your bank account is only encrypted by SSL keys, and if the FBI can force Lavabit to hand over their SSL key or face shutdown, they can do it to anyone."
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