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Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013 after the U.S. Federal Government ordered it to turn over its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) private keys , in order to allow the government to spy on Edward Snowden 's email.

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After Lavabit resisted complying with the demand, it was held in contempt of court and fined $5,000 a day until it turned the key over. Since Lavabit's business model is founded in protecting privacy, after turning the key to the government, Lavabit shut down its service, feeling it could no longer guarantee security to its customers.

Lavabit was created in 2004, in response to the Patriot Act, says Levison. He and friends from Southern Methodist University decided to create an email service by geeks for geeks.