Anonymous Email Services Shutter In Wake Of Snowden
ID: b0fe6f74-1a0b-559a-9a66-2738081a5586
STIX ID: report--b0fe6f74-1a0b-559a-9a66-2738081a5586
Feed Name: Security Ledger
Two secure email providers, Lavabit and Silent Circle, shut down their email services amid concerns about being compelled by secret government orders (e.g., National Security Letters) to hand over customer data. The report explains that inherent email metadata (IP address, time, location) makes complete privacy difficult, describes Silent Circle’s erasure of email data and planned peer-to-peer alternatives, and frames the closures as decisions to avoid legal compulsion and protect user privacy.
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