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Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by chias on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:57AM (#13296268)
Feels very weird, especially after checking the page source:

  /*
  Count down until any date script-
  By JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com)
  Over 200+ free scripts here!
  Modified by Robert M. Kuhnhenn, D.O.
  on 5/30/2006 to count down to a specific date AND time,
  and on 1/10/2010 to include time zone offset.
  */
I mean, I get not reinventing the wheel, but given who they are, the fact that they're sourcing scripts from JavaScriptKit.com for something as simple as a countdown timer is odd. It's not even a good countdown script... like, it even has a y2k bug:

  var today=new Date();
  var todayy=today.getYear();
  if (todayy < 1000) {
  todayy+=1900; }
Kudos for not just stripping the attribution I guess, but I wouldn't trust whoever put up that website with my email, encryption or no.
Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by insertnickname on Sunday January 01, 2017 @12:52PM (#13296512)
Maybe it's just because he never bothered to learn JavaScript. The old website was pretty simple.
Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by chias on Sunday January 01, 2017 @02:06PM (#13296791)
Perhaps. But if you're copy-pasting scripts from other sources into your platform without [being capable of] vetting them, then it fundamentally undermines the security of the platform.