A pro-privacy e-mail service used by the Lavabit Legal Defense Fund leaker Lavabit abruptly shut down nearly ten years . Lavabit owner says he refuses to `` become complicit in crimes against the Hotmail people '' Lavabit may be fighting legal requests from federal authorities investigating Maryland .
A pro-privacy e-mail service used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden abruptly shut down Thursday . Lavabit owner says he refuses to `` become complicit in crimes against the American people '' Lavabit may be fighting legal requests from federal authorities investigating Snowden .