The inauspicious side gist of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden ’s email provider Lavabitpulling the plug rather than complying with the fedsis that a gang of terribly unlucky Lavabit exploiter are now forget without an e-mail account . It ’s not every day you carry your email service to go all harakiri on itself because the political science is sticking its nozzle everywhere Snowden has ever sat down .
https://gizmodo.com/somebody-read-government-goons-shut-down-edward-snow-1070103469
A bunch of Lavabit users took to Twitter andFacebookto voice their displeasure because that ’s what people do when something rotten fall out . And for sure , there are bigger thing at play here than losing your email account ( like the government ’s manhunt for Snowden ) but it ’s not precisely a good thing when your email disappears without warning . I bed I ’d be more than more or less irritated . Especially if I used Lavabit because I thought it was going to always be secure .
So here are a few of the luckless folk , perchance we can help them figure out which e-mail service — one that will sooner remain up — to move to next ? Maybe they ’ll finally get to migrate nicely ?
Damnit ! Just lost my lavabit email story . Anyone know of a like email service?#victim#snowden#lavabit
— paulbr ( @paulbr)August 8 , 2013
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require to rethink my email migration scheme now , as lavabit ’s been close down : http://t.co/EkO8hQysZuI even pay … feel like # 1984
— Cowtown Resident ( @hridaybala)August 8 , 2013
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It was the greatest email military service : https://t.co / huSabEb7zXIt was my chief report and love it.#lavabitlavabit#Obama#email
— Neptune78 ( @OhmsLaw78)August 8 , 2013
I ’m give the Federal Govn’t a big FUCK YOU ASSHOLES for impel Ladar to shut down lavabit . Now I ca n’t access my lavabit e-mail account .
— achorripsis ( @achorripsis)August 8 , 2013
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Dang it ! I found a bunch of projects tied to my#Lavabitaccount . I ’ll have to re - buy the bent from ICloudCenter … Over $ 400 trash . :(
— The Real Fangster ( @RealFangster)August 9 , 2013
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Also get routine in the fanny by some datum loss today with#Lavabitshutting down . Will be indorse up my data more often going forward .
— Ryan ( @ryanb)August 9 , 2013
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