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Lavabit Reemerges to Support Apple

Email encryption service Lavabit is making a comeback. The crowd-funded service, which provided up to 400,000 people with encrypted email, emerged after  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed how the government spies on citizens. Snowden was supposedly a client of Lavabit. The company shut down in 2013 after it faced legal pressure from the FBI. The company has emerged again this week to defend Apple as the Cupertino-based tech giant fights the FBI’s demands to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone.

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