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Re:Lavabit gets new crypto key, gives users 72 hours to reco... by eli on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @05:25PM (#6556444)
If he intended to give the government access to your email, wouldn't there be much easier to implement and harder to detect ways of accomplishing it than a wonky cipher suite setting?
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Re:Lavabit gets new crypto key, gives users 72 hours to reco... by mikeash on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @07:54PM (#6557162)
This is probably wandering too far into conspiracy territory, but what if he's being forced to do it but doesn't want to, and this is his way of obeying badly?
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Re:Lavabit gets new crypto key, gives users 72 hours to reco... by sgentle on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @11:47PM (#6557901)
I don't think that's at all too far into conspiracy territory. Keep in mind that him being forced to do something and obeying badly (because he couldn't talk publicly about it) is a pretty precise description of the events leading up to the shutdown.
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Re:Lavabit gets new crypto key, gives users 72 hours to reco... by bennyg on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @06:08PM (#6556707)
Why not cover all of the bases?
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