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Re:Mail provider allegedly used by Snowden suspending operat... by VladRussian2 on Thursday August 08, 2013 @05:20PM (#6182005)
>If the courts, NSA, congress has been forcing innoscents to work against their will

basic subpoena forces one to provide the required info. With a little bit of a stretch we can see how a subpoena can be issued for the [future] clear texts that "your webpage" ( an applet downloaded as part of the web page ) will "contain" before sending encrypted version back to your server - in short it means forcing to implement backdoor.

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Re:Mail provider allegedly used by Snowden suspending operat... by davorak on Thursday August 08, 2013 @11:07PM (#6183514)
> will "contain" before sending encrypted version back to your server - in short it means forcing to implement backdoor.

Oh sure, definitely, that seems like that is within the scope of the currently claimed power. As far as I know though the operator has the option of closing up shop however and therefore is not being forced to work against their will, but not a fun choice though.

I am interested in any case law that disallows the operator the option of shutting down rather then implement a back door or anything similar.

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