Alan C. Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 Email Provider Forced To Shutdown By Feds For Not Helping Them Spy On You The email service provider, Lavabit, has been forced to shutdown after the mafia told him he either had to help them spy or face criminal charges.Given the nature of this statement, it seems safe to assume that all other email service providers have been coerced, through the threat of force, into spying on your communications.Lavabit issued this statement: I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what’s going on–the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.
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