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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

After a U.S. federal judge cancelled a non-disclosure order, Lavar Levinson made a public statement about his former e-mail service, Lavabit. The statement confirmed that Levinson's shut-down of the service came in response to U.S. government actions against Lavabit user Edward Snowden.

That fact, which had been widely believed, was confirmed in March when the e-mail address <Ed_Snowden@lavabit.com> was mistakenly left in a court document being made public [wired.com].

coverage:

• Computer World [computerworld.com]
• Engadget [engadget.com]
• TechCrunch [techcrunch.com]
• Sky Valley Chronicle [skyvalleychronicle.com]

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