[quote]note the following explanation posted to the front page of encrypted email provider Lavabit: "'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.' No doubt this has much to do with Snowden's use of the provider."[/quote] What do you make of this? Did you use this service? Do you think the operator made the right decision in choosing to shutdown the service rather than surrender control or information to the FBI / DHS (and it would have to be the FBI or DHS) ? I personally lost a couple addresses I had there, which I have used for accounts created elsewhere. I still believe he made the correct decision; to hell with national security letters and the "national security" card in general.