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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by pvnick on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @09:48PM (#6486629)
Just donated some more at https://rally.org/lavabit.

Godspeed Ladar. You're an inspiration to us all.

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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by generj on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:06PM (#6486690)
Amen.

I'll admit to glancing woefully at my purse-strings, then tightening them the last time I saw Lavabit's defense fund.

Between the EFF, ACLU, and other organizations I have suddenly have found great cause to donate to, I didn't feel like I was ready then.

Now that most of the full story is out, I read it, laughed out at Ladar's shear balls, and donated, deciding to skip some meals to make the budget meet if necessary.

I mean, that 4 point text ploy is straight out of a smart-ass-high-school-student's attempt to cram as much as possible on his "1 index card allowed" cram-sheet.

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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by RodericDay on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:14PM (#6486715)
Within a month, Lavabit still had not complied to the court's satisfaction—in fact he handed over pages of the key typed in 4-point font—and Levison was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for each day he did not comply. On August 8, he shuttered Lavabit entirely, destroying the company’s servers.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/lavabit-defied-or...

just in case you're wondering (I was)

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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by OmleteDuFromage on Thursday October 03, 2013 @01:45AM (#6487395)
He should have done it in Wingdings too
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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by caycep on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:47PM (#6487034)
"sheer"?..."shear balls" just sounds painful
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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by generj on Thursday October 03, 2013 @08:43PM (#6493089)
You are of course correct.

winces

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Re:Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights o... by lawnchair_larry on Thursday October 03, 2013 @01:09AM (#6487296)
In his defense, that was actually the government's idea in a way. The documents in the wired article ordered him to physically bring the keys to the court, and only if he was unable to, he could provide it as an electronic copy. He gave them something as stupid as what they asked for.
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