Lavabit, the private email service Snowden reportedly used, made a decision between "becoming complicit in crimes against the American people or walking away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit". So Lavabit will be shutting down.
Shit like this pisses me off, man.
At one point in my life, I thought politicians and government officials were people I should look up to. That their job was to protect the United States and its citizens. To innovate, and help create sustainable environments, all the while keeping citizens safe, healthy, and happy while they continue to pay taxes. I thought the Bill of Rights was created specifically to give us specific liberties in case the government ever decided to do something out of hand. I thought the fourth amendment gave us a right to privacy. That no one could unreasonably search our seize any of our property without a warrant and unless there is a probable cause.
Now, I don't know a thing about politics or laws or how any of that works. But I always figured the Bill of Rights was, well... legitimate. When did we stop ignoring it? Why are people okay with this?
