A footnote from this morning's dramatic airport conference convened by whistleblower-on-the-run Edward Snowden: if what Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch said is accurate, the former NSA contractor uses an email service called Lavabit. Pretty cool features list. If it's good enough for the most wanted "hacker" in the world, as President Obama described him.... still, caveat email-er.(HT: @ericragle.)
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11:11 am Fri
Jul 12, 2013
So apparently, Edward Snowden uses security-focused email service Lavabit
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