Snowden Using Lavabit for Email (opens in new tab)

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11 pointstippytop12y ago6 comments

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joejohnson12y ago· 1 in thread

Does anyone know if you can use Lavabit with your own domain?

ra12y ago

you can.

You need to get a paid account then email them to ask them to set it up; there's no web interface to add a domain as you would on eg fastmail.

I've had a 4 char account for years - never did it because they were inherently secure though.

They're an American company with an American hosting provider. Only pro accounts use the encrypted email feature set.

Here's Lavabit's whitepaper on their process - pretty standard setup: http://lavabit.com/secure.html

mieses12y ago

Couldn't the NSA easily tap this server? The email is only encrypted at rest. The datacenter is in Dallas, TX.

stugs12y ago

Nice, this will ruin it for the rest of us all:(

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