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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/lavabit-snowden/
I've seen some people here mention that they use Lavabit. Well, not anymore.
http://lavabit.com/
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)whoever controls the Internet has the keys to the castle. These "secret" sites only provide you a false sense of security. I have said it before and I will continue to say....there is NO privacy on the Internet.
Rex
(65,616 posts)long before people knew about the NSA.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)a lot on here will never remember those..
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)or email?
That is called privacy.
What the government is doing is Piracy.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)there Is no privacy on the Internet. Its not like a phone call....everything is digital...its permanent period....there is no privacy on the Internet. Just ask Anthony Wiener!
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)I just demonstrated very easily that their IS privacy on the internet.
The real problem is the PIRACY.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)here I will help you get started:
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)What's my credit card number?
Since you can't answer that we have nothing further to debate.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)Just because a government can break the law, and force you to surrender your documents does not mean there is no privacy on the internet, it just means that the government is breaking the law.
What are we going to do about it is the real question.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)the nature OF the Internet means there is no privacy on the Internet.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)what's my email?
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)If you don't think any hacker can get your email address....you are sadly misinformed. I happen to know a thing or two about how the internet works....been at it for a long time. There is no privacy on the Internet. Never was and I doubt it ever will be. Everything you do can be tracked to your IP address...which is the physical location of your computer on the Internet. Everything you do is sent in packets. Oh and encryption is only works as a deterrent.
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)period.
Please do not try to lecture me with weak knowledge of the internet, I am a internet expert who has been working with it for almost 2 decades now and I am not fooled by myths or FUD tactics.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)I have a degree in web development and over 20 yrs experience.....If you think the Internet is private...you just proved you are not an
"expert"
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usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)And I have already deconstructed some other clueless persons attempt to claim that the internet is inherently insecure or not private.
I will be happy to dig up that thread if need be.
That BS is all a lot of baloney to fool people into thinking nothing can be done about the government piracy.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)From the article:
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, wrote owner Ladar Levison. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations.
Interesting, indeed.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)A horse's head in the bed?
A black spot on a piece of paper?
An exploding car?
Or what, I wonder?
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)moondust
(19,917 posts)I've had a Lavabit account for years and very few problems. Now this shit comes along and without warning they are gone. No e-mail service at all starting yesterday. They claimed they were upgrading their infrastructure and the server was still receiving e-mails during the process but nobody has been able to pick up their mail for two days now.
I'm still looking for a PRIVACY-ORIENTED mail provider if anybody has a suggestion.