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August 9, 2013 06:25 am GMT

Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying

SILENT CIRCLE LOGO"We see the writing the wall" wrote Silent Circle in a message telling customers its shut down its Silent Mail encrypted email service. It hadn't yet received any subpoena or other notice to provide data to the government, but after seeing Lavabit shut down rather than be "complicit" with NSA spying, it decided to kill off Silent Mail rather than risk its customers' privacy.

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