https://news.hitb.org/ en https://news.hitb.org/content/switzerland-won%E2%80%99t-save-you-either-why-e-mail-might-still-be-safer-us <article data-history-node-id="48720" role="article" class="node article teaser clearfix UTF-8"> <header> <h2 class="title text-center"><a href="/content/switzerland-won%E2%80%99t-save-you-either-why-e-mail-might-still-be-safer-us" rel="bookmark"><span>Switzerland won’t save you, either: Why e-mail might still be safer in US</span> </a></h2> <div class="meta submit clearfix"> <div class="date text-right"> <span class="lowercase">posted on</span>December 23, 2013 </div> <div class="author"> <span class="lowercase">by</span> <span><span>l33tdawg</span></span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="image-default"> <div> <a href="/content/switzerland-won%E2%80%99t-save-you-either-why-e-mail-might-still-be-safer-us" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/2631097811_3ef7be861e_b-640x480.jpg?itok=5D1zkZOM" width="220" height="165" alt="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2631097811_3ef7be861e_b-640x480.jpg" title="Credit: Arstechnica" /> </a> </div> <div class="image-credit"> <strong>Credit:</strong> <a href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2631097811_3ef7be861e_b-640x480.jpg" target="_blank">http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2631097811_3ef7be861e_b-640x480.jpg</a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div><p>Back when he was still a National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden chose the privacy-minded e-mail provider Lavabit for his correspondence. It was from that account that he ultimately divulged his secrets to American journalists. Since Snowden became a household name, Lavabit shut down under legal pressure from a US court to hand over the keys to its kingdom as a way to get at Snowden’s data.</p></div> </div> <div class="meta link clearfix"> <div class="comment"> <span class="lowercase">no</span>comment </div> <div class="share text-center show-for-medium"> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://news.hitb.org/content/switzerland-won%E2%80%99t-save-you-either-why-e-mail-might-still-be-safer-us" data-a2a-title="Switzerland won’t save you, either: Why e-mail might still be safer in US"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> </div> <div class="read-more"><a href="/content/switzerland-won%E2%80%99t-save-you-either-why-e-mail-might-still-be-safer-us"><span class="lowercase">&#8594;</span>READ MORE</a></div> </div> </article> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:40:06 +0000 l33tdawg 48720 at https://news.hitb.org